English Dictionary

lockout

noun

(labor) The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.

The lockout by the company left the workers without a job.

意味（1）

(labor) The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.

意味（2）

The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock.

意味（3）

(by extension) The exclusion of certain people from a place, event, situation, etc.

It's another front-row lockout for Mercedes on the starting grid of the Japanese Grand Prix.

意味（4）

The restriction of a population to a certain area, but allowing free movement within that region, in order to prevent the spread of disease. Compare lockdown.

意味（5）

(computing) A situation where the system is not responding to input.

意味（6）

A safety device designed to prevent touching a moving part when it is under operation.

意味（7）

(weightlifting) The final portion of a weightlifting motion where all applicable limbs or joints are fully extended or "locked out".

意味（8）

(weightlifting) An exercise meant to increase strength in the lockout portion of a lifting motion.

2016, Christian Thibaudeau, “Tip: For Bigger Triceps, Do Heavy Lockouts”, T-Nation.