Overview of noun lock_up

The noun lockup has 2 senses

• lockup -- (jail in a local police station)


• locking, lockup -- (the act of locking something up to protect it)

Overview of verb lock_up

The verb lock up has 2 senses

• lock up -- (secure by locking; "lock up the house before you go on vacation")


• lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up -- (place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe")