Meanings
adjectivepadlocked (not comparable)
- not comparableSecured with a padlock.
Sidonia's answer was that she had enclosed the spell in a padlocked box and flung it into the sea.
1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 921 more example
Both halves feature lyrics that are so teen-girly they sound like they were written in pink ink in a padlocked diary with hearts and frowny faces for punctuation.
2016 March 24, Darryl Sterdan, “ZAYN’s ‘Mind of Mine’ and Gwen Stefani’s ‘This is What the Truth Feels Like’ top this week’s new music”, in The Toronto Star, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2018
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of padlock
Origin
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APA
padlocked. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/padlocked
MLA
“padlocked.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/padlocked. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “padlocked,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/padlocked.
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