caps-locked

adjective

Typed with the Caps Lock mode turned on; written in all caps.

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Meanings

adjectivecaps-locked (not comparable)
  1. not comparableTyped with the Caps Lock mode turned on; written in all caps.

    The Republican convention was a gruesome and tawdry spectacle. And everything was topped off with nothing more than a red hat with a badly kerned, caps-locked slogan.

    2017, Michael Bierut, “I’m with Her”, in Now You See It and Other Essays on Design, Hudson, NY: Princeton Architectural Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 217
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    Typing using all capital letters in any sort of online correspondence usually is seen as the virtual equivalent of SHOUTING. For emphasis, bold type or italics always are preferable, because a caps-locked section of text is seen as both visually ugly and rude.

    2014, Gregory J. Touhill, C. Joseph Touhill, “Appendix B: General Rules for Email Etiquette: Sample Training Handout”, in Cybersecurity for Executives: A Practical Guide, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 357

Origin

From caps lock + -ed.

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APA

caps-locked. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caps-locked

MLA

“caps-locked.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caps-locked. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caps-locked,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caps-locked.

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