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lock·ing  (lkng)
n.
A style of dancing in which energetic maneuvers are performed, especially emphasizing the use of arm movements, usually to funk or hip-hop music.
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Noun1.lockinglocking - the act of locking something up to protect it
lockup
protection - the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection"
Translations
locking [ˈlɒkɪŋ] ADJ [door, container, cupboard] → que se cierra con llave
locking petrol cap (Aut) → tapón m de gasolina con llave


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Also he could not understand how the cat could have managed to shut herself up INSIDE the green-house, locking the door upon the OUTSIDE.
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At Dorogobuzh while the soldiers of the convoy, after locking the prisoners in a stable, had gone off to pillage their own stores, several of the soldier prisoners tunneled under the wall and ran away, but were recaptured by the French and shot.
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When everything was secured and the lights put out, they left through the front door, Arobin locking it and taking the key, which he carried for Edna.
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