caps lock

plural caps locks

1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Caps Lock.

plural Caps Locks · alternative caps lock · alternative capslock · alternative CapsLock

1. uncountablecomputingAn input mode in which all letters of bicameral scripts are generated in capital letters.

   Please check if Caps Lock is on when typing your password.

2. countablecomputingA lock key on a computer keyboard that activates this mode.
3. broadlyinformaluncountableAll caps.

   1 more example

   I type ‘high cortisol’ into the search bar and keep scrolling. ‘You’re not ugly, you just have cortisol face,’ declares one video. ‘POV you finally drop the cortisol belly,’ reads another. A third screams in caps lock, ‘HOW TO LOWER CORTISOL’. I’m sold. Cortisol is to blame for everything. But how do I fix it?

   2026 March 20, Brit Dawson, “‘I went on a cortisol ‘detox’ to tackle my spiralling anxiety — here’s what happened’”, in Cosmopolitan