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lock, stock, and barrel
lock 1 L0221700 (lŏk)n.1. A device operated by a key, combination, or keycard and used, as on a door, for holding, closing, or securing.2. A section of a waterway, such as a canal, closed off with gates, in which vessels in transit are raised or lowered by raising or lowering the water level of that section.3. A mechanism in a firearm for exploding the charge.4. An interlocking or entanglement of elements or parts.5. a. Sports A hold in wrestling or self-defense that is secured on a part of an opponent's body.b. A secure hold; control: The distributor has a lock on most of the market.c. A sure thing; a certainty: His promotion is a lock.v. locked, lock·ing, locks v.tr.1. a. To fasten the lock of: close and lock a drawer.b. To shut or make secure with or as if with locks: locked the house.2. To confine or exclude by or as if by means of a lock: locked the dog in for the night; locked the criminal up in a cell.3. To fix in place so that movement or escape is impossible; hold fast: The ship was locked in the ice through the winter. She felt that she had become locked into a binding agreement.4. a. To sight and follow (a moving target) automatically: locked the enemy fighter in the gun sights.b. To aim (a weapon or other device) at a moving target so as to follow it automatically: "The pilot had locked his targeting radar on the slow-moving frigate" (Ed Magnuson).5. To clasp or link firmly; intertwine or interlock: locked arms and walked away.6. To bind in close struggle or battle: The two dogs were locked in combat.7. a. To equip (a waterway) with locks.b. To pass (a vessel) through a lock.8. To invest (funds) in such a way that they cannot easily be converted into cash.9. To arrange or secure (an interest rate) for a loan.10. Computers a. To end the processing of (a magnetic tape or disk) in such a way as to deny access to its contents.b. To protect (a file) from changes or deletion.v.intr.1. To become fastened by or as if by means of a lock: The door locks automatically when shut.2. To become entangled or jammed; interlock.3. To become rigid or immobile: The mechanism tends to lock in cold weather.4. To pass through a lock or locks in a waterway.Phrasal Verbs: lock down1. To place (a facility or the people in it) in a lockdown.2. To arrange or secure (something) so that it does not change or can't be undone. lock out To withhold work from (employees) during a labor dispute.Idioms: lock horns To become embroiled in conflict. lock lips Slang To engage in a long kiss. lock, stock, and barrel To the greatest or most complete extent; wholly: an estate that was auctioned off lock, stock, and barrel. under lock and key Securely locked up.
[Middle English lok, from Old English loc, bolt, bar.]
lock′a·ble adj.
lock 2 L0221700 (lŏk)n.1. a. A length or curl of hair; a tress.b. often locks The hair of the head.2. A small wisp or tuft, as of wool or cotton.
[Middle English, lok, from Old English loc, locc.]lock, stock, and barrelIn its entirety.lock, stock, and barrel
lock, stock, and barrelEntirely or completely. Much to his wife's surprise, he cleaned out the basement, lock, stock, and barrel. When my son came home from his football game, he was so hungry that he ate everything in the refrigerator, lock, stock, and barrel.See also: and, barrellock, stock, and barrelCliché everything. We had to move everything out of the house—lock, stock, and barrel. We lost everything—lock, stock, and barrel—in the fire.See also: and, barrellock, stock, and barrelThe entirety; all of something. For example, Jean moved out of the house, lock, stock, and barrel. This expression alludes to the three elements of a firearm-the lock or firing mechanism, the stock or handle, and the barrel or tube. [Early 1800s] See also: and, barrellock, stock, and barrel COMMON You use lock, stock, and barrel to talk about every part of something. It would have been much easier for us to have shut the business down lock, stock and barrel. He has moved down from the north-east, lock, stock and barrel. Note: The three main parts which make up a complete gun are the lock, the stock, and the barrel. See also: and, barrellock, stock, and barrel including everything; completely. Lock, stock, and barrel refers literally to the complete mechanism of a firearm.See also: and, barrelˌlock, stock and ˈbarrel including everything; completely: They were all emigrating so they were selling everything they had, lock, stock and barrel.The lock, stock and barrel are the three main parts of a rifle.See also: and, barrel, stock lock, stock, and barrel To the greatest or most complete extent; wholly: an estate that was auctioned off lock, stock, and barrel.See also: and, barrellock, stock, and barrelThe whole thing; all of something. Originally this term meant all three elements of a firearm—the lock or firing mechanism, the stock or handle, and the barrel or tube. It began to be transferred to the entirety of anything in the early nineteenth century, although for a time it was also put as stock, lock, and barrel. See also hook, line, and sinker.See also: and, barrellock, stock, and barrelThe whole thing. A musket was made up of a flintlock mechanism that produced the power to launch the ball, a wooden stock that held the lock and the barrel, and the barrel through which the musket ball was propelled en route to its target. Put all three together and you have the whole shooting match. The phrase was first used in the early 19th century to mean an entire entity or quantity.See also: and, barrelSee Lock
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Lock, Stock, and BarrelInformal for complete or full. For example, upon completing a business project, one may describe the project as "lock, stock and barrel."
Lock, Stock, and Barrel
Lock, Stock, and BarrelInformal for complete or full. For example, upon completing a business project, one may describe the project as "lock, stock and barrel."See LSAB
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