picklock

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noun

A device designed to pick locks.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

nounpicklock (plural picklocks)

plural picklocks

  1. A device designed to pick locks.

    Marry, sir, he hath offended the law; and, sir, we take him to be a thief too, sir, for we have found upon him, sir, a strange picklock, which we have sent to the deputy.

    c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]
  2. One who picks locks; a thief.

    1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery a picklock of secrets

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

Bulgarian шперц
  • шперц (šperc)device designed to pick locks
Catalan rossinyol
  • rossinyoldevice designed to pick locks
Czech paklíč, šperhák
  • paklíčdevice designed to pick locks
  • šperhákdevice designed to pick locks
Finnish tiirikka
  • tiirikkadevice designed to pick locks
German Dietrich
  • Dietrichdevice designed to pick locks
Norwegian dirk
  • dirkdevice designed to pick locks
Portuguese gazua
  • gazuadevice designed to pick locks
Russian отмы́чка, фо́мка
  • отмы́чка (otmýčka)device designed to pick locks
  • фо́мка (fómka)device designed to pick locks
Slovak pakľúč
  • pakľúčdevice designed to pick locks
Spanish ganzúa
  • ganzúadevice designed to pick locks
Swedish dyrk
  • dyrkdevice designed to pick locks
Turkish maymuncuk, tavşan anahtarı
  • maymuncukdevice designed to pick locks
  • tavşan anahtarıdevice designed to pick locks
Welsh bach clo
  • bach clodevice designed to pick locks
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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