locker-room

lock·er-room

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [lok-er room, roo m]
- /ˈlɒk ər rum, rʊm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [lok-er room, roo m]
- /ˈlɒk ər rum, rʊm/

Definitions of locker-room word

adjective locker-room of, characteristic of, or suitable to conversation in a locker room; earthy or sexually explicit: locker-room humor. 1
noun locker-room a room containing lockers, as in a gymnasium, factory, or school, for changing clothes and for the storage and safekeeping of personal belongings. 1

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Origin of locker-room

First appearance:

before 1945

One of the 6% newest English words

First recorded in 1945-50

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Parts of speech for Locker-room

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Locker-room

locker-room popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 58% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.