lockup

Questions about lockup

What does lockup mean?

lockup means "jail in a local police station". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lockup?

lockup has 2 syllables: loc-kup. The stress falls on "loc". In IPA it is /ˈlɑˌkʌp/.

What is another word for lockup?

Close synonyms include locking. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lockup a common word?

lockup is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with lockup?

14 words rhyme with lockup. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.