hardlock

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noun

A situation where a game becomes unplayable or unresponsive due to a glitch, making further progress or action impossible.

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Meanings

nounhardlock (plural hardlocks)

plural hardlocks

  1. video gamesA situation where a game becomes unplayable or unresponsive due to a glitch, making further progress or action impossible.
verbhardlock (third-person singular simple present hardlocks, present participle hardlocking, simple past and past participle hardlocked)

present singular third person hardlocks · participle present hardlocking · participle past hardlocked · past hardlocked

  1. intransitivetransitivevideo gamesTo be in or cause a hardlock.

Origin

From hard + lock.

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APA

hardlock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hardlock

MLA

“hardlock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hardlock. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hardlock,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hardlock.

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