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lock

“lock” is a Swedish word. Its 6 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a lock of hair, a curl of hair
  2. a lid, (when referring to a lid) a cover
  3. a cap (when a lid, or often more generally for caps at the end of tubes)
  4. popping (as when ears pop)
  5. a (thin) board that covers the gap between panel boards
  6. call, lure (uninflected, from the verb locka)

Etymology

From Old Norse lok, lokkr, from Proto-Germanic *lukkaz.

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