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| locker room |
| 1. n. A room attached to an athletic, recreational, or workplace facility, filled with lockers for storage of clothing and equipment; clothes are generally changed there. |
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| We changed into our swimsuits in the locker room next to the pool. |
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| 2. adj. Characteristic of conversations held in locker rooms; that is, either very informal, boastful, juvenile, or explicitly sexual. |
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| The others tired of Frank's habitual locker-room boasting about various women he had "scored" with |
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| 3. n. Slang term for inhalants. |
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| Analysis |
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| locker |
| 1. n. A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store clothing, equipment, or books. |
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| The student placed her books in her locker when she arrived at school. |
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| 2. n. (rare) One who locks something. |
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| The locker of the trapped chest must be careful, so as not to spring the trap. |
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| 3. n. (automotive) A locking differential. |
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| room |
| 1. n. (now rare) Opportunity or scope (to do something). |
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| 2. n. Space for something, or to carry out an activity. |
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| 3. n. (archaic) A particular portion of space. |
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| 4. n. (figuratively) Sufficient space for or to do something. |
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| 5. n. (nautical) A space between the timbers of a ship's frame. |
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