locken

L1O1C3K5E1N1
UK/lɒkən/UK/lɒkn̩/

adjective

Locked.

“locken fingers”

Scrabble 12

Meanings

locken1

verb

alternative lucken

  1. participlepastpast participle of lock.
adjectivelocken (comparative more locken, superlative most locken)

comparative more locken · superlative most locken · alternative lucken

  1. Webbed (of hands or toes).

    locken fingers

  2. Stingy, tight-fisted.

    The locken hands do not give much.

  3. Knit (of brows), also close-set, contracted.

    She stood there stock-still, her brows locken.

    1 more example

    A leering eye and locken brows, / And large Mongolian mouth and nose.

    1852, Alex Harper, Fruits of Solitary Hours

Locken2

proper nounLocken (plural Lockens)

plural Lockens

Origin

  1. GermanLöcken
  2. NorwegianLøkken
  3. EnglishLocken

Probably an Americanized spelling of Norwegian Løkken or German Löcken.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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