padlock

pad·lock

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A red padlock.

noun

The definition of a padlock is a detachable lock with a hinged U-shaped hook that goes around the items being locked.
A lock with a hinged U-shaped hook that you use to chain your bike to the bike rack is an example of a padlock.

verb

To padlock is to secure something using a lock with a hinged U-shaped hook.
When you wrap chains around the doors of your storage shed and you then secure the chains with a U-shaped lock so they cannot be removed, this is an example of when you padlock your shed.

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padlock

a removable lock with a hinged or pivoting link to be passed through a staple, chain, or eye

Origin of padlock

Middle English padlocke from pad ( from uncertain or unknown; perhaps ) + lokke, lock

to fasten with or as with a padlock
to close (a building) against entrance

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padlock

noun

A detachable lock with a U-shaped bar hinged at one end, designed to be passed through the staple of a hasp or a link in a chain and then snapped shut.

transitive verb

pad·locked, pad·lock·ing, pad·locks

To lock up with or as if with a padlock.

Origin of padlock

Middle English padlok pad- of unknown meaning lok lock ; see lock ¹.

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Noun

(plural padlocks)

A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle

Verb

(third-person singular simple present padlocks, present participle padlocking, simple past and past participle padlocked)

To lock using a padlock.

Origin

Middle English padlok, from pad-, of unknown origin, + lok (“lock"). Perhaps originally a lock for a pad (“gate"), or a gate opening to a path, or a lock for a basket or pannier, from UK dialect pad (“a pannier").

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