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padˇlock  audio  (pdlk) KEY 

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:
padˇlocked, padˇlockˇing, padˇlocks
To lock up with or as if with a padlock.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English padlok : pad-, of unknown meaning + lok, lock ; see lock1


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