Double-lock
(v. t.) To lock with two bolts |
Lock
(n.) A tuft of hair |
Lock
(n.) Anything that fastens |
Lock
(n.) A fastening together or interlacing |
Lock
(n.) A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. |
Lock
(n.) The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal. |
Lock
(n.) An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another |
Lock
(n.) That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded |
Lock
(n.) A device for keeping a wheel from turning. |
Lock
(n.) A grapple in wrestling. |
Lock
(v. t.) To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock |
Lock
(v. t.) To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of |
Lock
(v. t.) To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks |
Lock
(v. t.) To link together |
Lock
(v. t.) To furnish with locks |
Lock
(v. t.) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him. |
Lock
(v. i.) To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing |
Lock-down
(n.) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting |
Lock hospital
() A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases. |
Lock step
() A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person before him. |
Lock stitch
() A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines. See Stitch. |
Lock-weir
(n.) A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber. |
Snap
(n.) To break at once |
Snap
(n.) To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound. |
Snap
(n.) To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth. |
Snap
(n.) To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words |
Snap
(n.) To crack |
Snap
(n.) To project with a snap. |
Snap
(v. i.) To break short, or at once |
Snap
(v. i.) To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise |
Snap
(v. i.) To make an effort to bite |
Snap
(v. i.) To utter sharp, harsh, angry words |
Snap
(v. i.) To miss fire |
Snap
(v. t.) A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance. |
Snap
(v. t.) A sudden, eager bite |
Snap
(v. t.) A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger. |
Snap
(v. t.) A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip |
Snap
(v. t.) A greedy fellow. |
Snap
(v. t.) That which is, or may be, snapped up |
Snap
(v. t.) A sudden severe interval or spell |
Snap
(v. t.) A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc. |
Snap
(v. t.) A snap beetle. |
Snap
(v. t.) A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger |
Snap
(v. t.) Briskness |
Snap
(v. t.) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. |
Snip-snap
(n.) A tart dialogue with quick replies. |
Snip-snap
(a.) Quick |
centering
snap | (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back, the quarterback fumbled the snap |
catch
grab
snatch
snap | the act of catching an object with the hands, Mays made the catch with his back to the plate, he made a grab for the ball before it landed, Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away, the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion |
| snap roll | a fast roll |
| snap | the act of snapping the fingers, movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand, he gave his fingers a snap |
cinch breeze
picnic
snap duck soup
child's play
pushover
walkover
piece of cake | any undertaking that is easy to do, marketing this product will be no picnic |
| lock | any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured |
airlock
air lock | a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure |
carabiner
karabiner
snap ring | an oblong metal ring with a spring clip, used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes |
chalk line
snap line
snapline | a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface |
| combination lock | lock that can be opened only by turning dials in a special sequence |
| cylinder lock | a lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt, tumblers are pins, inserting the key lifts and aligns the pins to free the cylinder to rotate |
| lever lock | a lock whose tumblers are levers that must be raised to a given position so that the bolt can move |
| lock | a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed |
| lock ignition lock | a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key |
| lock lock chamber | enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level, used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it |
| lock | a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun |
| lock-gate | a gate that can be locked |
lockring
lock ring
lock washer | washer that prevents a nut from loosening |
safety bolt
safety lock | a bolt that cannot be moved from outside the door or gate |
safety catch
safety lock | guard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon from being fired |
sash fastener
sash lock
window lock | a lock attached to the sashes of a double hung window that can fix both in the shut position |
snap
snap fastener
press stud | a fastener used on clothing, fastens with a snapping sound, children can manage snaps better than buttons |
| snap brim | a brim that can be turned up and down on opposite sides |
| snap-brim hat | a hat with a snap brim |
snapshot
snap shot | an informal photograph, usually made with a small hand-held camera, my snapshots haven't been developed yet, he tried to get unposed shots of his friends |
vapor lock
vapour lock | a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internalombustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor) |
| wheel lock | an obsolete gunlock using flint and a revolving wheel |
elasticity
snap | the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed, the waistband had lost its snap |
lock
curl
ringlet
whorl | a strand or cluster of hair |
| scalp lock | a long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head |
| snap | a sudden breaking |
crack
cracking
snap | a sudden sharp noise, the crack of a whip, he heard the cracking of the ice, he can hear the snap of a twig |
| snap | the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand, servants appeared at the snap of his fingers |
gingersnap
ginger snap
snap
ginger nut | a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger |
| sugar snap pea | green peas with edible pods that are very crisp and not flat |
snap bean
snap | tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections |
sugar snap pea
snap pea | variety of pea plant producing peas having crisp rounded edible pods |
crack willow
brittle willow
snap willow
Salix fragilis | large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken |
| lock-up option | an option to buy the crown jewels offered to a white knight in order to forestall a hostile takeover |
cold spell
cold snap | a spell of cold weather |
| snap | a spell of cold weather, a cold snap in the middle of May |
| snap back | recover quickly, After the surgery, the patient snapped back in a few days |
| lock | become rigid or immoveable, The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise |
snap
crack | break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension, The pipe snapped |
| snap | close with a snapping motion, The lock snapped shut |
snap
snarl | utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone, The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer, The guard snarled at us |
photograph
snap shoot | record on photographic film, I photographed the scene of the accident, She snapped a picture of the President |
snap click
flick | cause to make a snapping sound, snap your fingers |
| break break off snap off | break a piece from a whole, break a branch from a tree |
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 |