Definitions for deadlock

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deadlock dead·lock

Spelling: [ded-lok]

IPA: /ˈdɛdˌlɒk/

Deadlock is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 203 anagrams from letters in deadlock (acddeklo).

Definitions for deadlock

noun

1. a state in which progress is impossible, as in a dispute, produced by the counteraction of opposing forces; standstill; stalemate:
2. deadbolt.
3. a maximum-security cell for the solitary confinement of a prisoner.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to bring or come to a deadlock.

Origin of deadlock

First recorded in 1770-80; dead + lock¹

Examples for deadlock

When the tuna is raised so high he will refuse to come any higher, and then there is a deadlock.

However, one was for Bassett and t'other for Ellis, so the deadlock wa'n't broken.

Why a deadlock that has lasted over a quarter of a million years?

The problem is it may take years—even decades—until they reach a deadlock too painful to endure.

John Avlon talks to a former FBI hostage negotiator about how to break the deadlock.

There'd be a deadlock when a conclave started checking their claims.

Both Obama and Romney are deploying a small army of lawyers in case of a deadlock or voting irregularities.

The situation, thanks to Martinez's stoutness, had reached a deadlock.

Billionaire investor expresses impatient with deadlock, but says investors expect limited irrationality from D.C.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by hundreds of points in response to the deadlock in Washington.