ALL meanings of lock, stock, and barrel
lock
L l - verb with object lock, stock, and barrel to make fast or immovable by or as if by a lock: He locked the steering wheel on his car. 1
- verb with object lock, stock, and barrel to make fast or immovable, as by engaging parts: to lock the wheels of a wagon. 1
- verb with object lock, stock, and barrel to join or unite firmly by interlinking or intertwining: to lock arms. 1
- verb with object lock, stock, and barrel to hold fast in an embrace: She was locked in his arms. 1
- verb with object lock, stock, and barrel to move (a ship) by means of a lock or locks, as in a canal (often followed by through, in, out, down, or up). 1
- verb with object lock, stock, and barrel to furnish with locks, as a canal. 1
- verb without object lock, stock, and barrel to become locked: This door locks with a key. 1
- verb without object lock, stock, and barrel to become fastened, fixed, or interlocked: gears that lock into place. 1
- verb without object lock, stock, and barrel to go or pass by means of a lock or locks, as a vessel. 1
- verb without object lock, stock, and barrel to construct locks in waterways. 1
- idioms lock, stock, and barrel lock horns, to come into conflict; clash: to lock horns with a political opponent. 1
- idioms lock, stock, and barrel lock, stock, and barrel, completely; entirely; including every part, item, or facet, no matter how small or insignificant: We bought the whole business, lock, stock, and barrel. 1
- idioms lock, stock, and barrel under lock and key, securely locked up: The documents were under lock and key. 1
- noun lock, stock, and barrel a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc. 1
- noun lock, stock, and barrel a contrivance for fastening or securing something. 1
- noun lock, stock, and barrel the mechanism that explodes the charge; gunlock. safety (def 4). 1
- noun lock, stock, and barrel any device or part for stopping temporarily the motion of a mechanism. 1
- noun lock, stock, and barrel an enclosed chamber in a canal, dam, etc., with gates at each end, for raising or lowering vessels from one level to another by admitting or releasing water. 1
- noun lock, stock, and barrel an air lock or decompression chamber. 1
- noun lock, stock, and barrel complete and unchallenged control; an unbreakable hold: The congresswoman has a lock on the senatorial nomination. 1
- noun lock, stock, and barrel Slang. someone or something certain of success; sure thing: He's a lock to win the championship. 1
- noun lock, stock, and barrel Wrestling. any of various holds, especially a hold secured on the arm, leg, or head: leg lock. 1
- noun lock, stock, and barrel Horology. (in an escapement) the overlap between a tooth of an escape wheel and the surface of the pallet locking it. 1
- noun lock, stock, and barrel Metalworking. a projection or recession in the mating face of a forging die. 1
- verb with object lock, stock, and barrel to fasten or secure (a door, window, building, etc.) by the operation of a lock or locks. 1
- verb with object lock, stock, and barrel to shut in a place fastened by a lock or locks, as for security or restraint. 1
- phrase lock, stock, and barrel If you say, for example, that someone moves or buys something lock, stock, and barrel, you are emphasizing that they move or buy every part or item of it. 0
- noun lock, stock, and barrel completely; entirely 0