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    [Noun]  | "lock*up" | \ ˈläk-ˌəp \


    1: jail; especially : a local jail where persons are detained prior to court hearing

    2: an act of locking : the state of being locked


    Origin: 1746 ;

    [Verb]  | "lock (up)" 


    1: to put in or as if in prison;


      * e.g., " ... if they catch you, they're going to lock you up and throw away the key! "





    [Noun]  | "lockup" 


    1: a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody;


      * e.g., " ... the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups "



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     [ "Lock Up" ]

    1: When you “Lock Up”, you remain calm in conflicting situations or you conceal your true intentions so as to avoid embarrassment, awkwardness and the likes. This is a Nigerian (Warri) slang.

      * e.g.,  ... # She was giving me an attitude so I locked up. 

     [ "Locked Up" ]

    1: Locked up is when you are imprisoned in jail, or in a place where you can not get out.

      * e.g.,  ... Yo, G-Unit! Yo, man; did ya hear? Big Jiggly got himself LOCKED UP the other day for doin a rash cram on da govoner's daughta. 

     [ "lock up" ]

    1: (For dudes only) to hook up with a chick after just meeting her. also, to be able to charm the SHIT outta that chock to the point where she is under your thumb.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, me and Hobbs were at the bar last night, and he was just fuckin' lockin' 'em up!!! 

     [ "locked up" ]

    1: a term used to describe someone who is currently in jail.

      * e.g.,  ... He won't be able to meet us for a few years, he's locked up! 

     [ "lock up" ]

    1: term used in the crack cocaine trade which refers to cocaine getting hard when cooked. When boiled cocaine oils rise to the surface of the water and then ice is added at which point the cocaine gets hard or "locks up"

      * e.g.,  ... I bought a kilo from that guy the other day and when I cooked it it wouldn't lock up. 

     [ "lock up" ]

    1: noun. Also known as a jail.

      * e.g.,  ... Dammmn. He's in lock up for 3 months cuz he stole from his friends house. 


     [ "lock up" ]

    2: When you get arrested you get thrown in lock up

     [ "Lock-up" ]

    1: The act of holding a dick in ones mouth while the person sits on their shoulders. By sitting on the others shoulders and inserting their dick in the others mouth, it forms a "lock" between the two people for stability or other needed reasons.

      * e.g.,  ... I couldn't reach the jar on the top shelf so my girlfriend let me sit on her shoulders, then she let me lock-up so I didn't fall. 

     [ "Lock Up" ]

    1: Nigerian Pidgin term meaning Not to Show or Not Showing Concern Towards A Situation Or Somebody

      * e.g.,  ... See as tega just Lock Up when den be dey beat me 

     [ "lock up" ]

    1: A ridiculously bad 80's movie with Stallone. It's good for unintentional comedy.

      * e.g.,  ... Lock Up 

     [ "Locked Up" ]

    1: Locked Up is when you run upstairs to talk to your parents and the door is locked. That would be considered Locked Out, but in Locked Up, its when the door is locked because your parents are having intercourse. Of course you would not know this unless you could hear the sex noises. Hopfully you can not.

      * e.g.,  ... I ran up to my parents room, it was locked. I then put my ear to the door, thats when i noticed i was locked up. 

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