Definitions for deadlocks

deadlocks dead·lock

Spelling: [ded-lok]
IPA: /ˈdɛdˌlɒk/

Deadlocks is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 402 anagrams from letters in deadlocks (acddeklos).

Definitions for deadlocks

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 deadlocks

First recorded in 1770-80; dead + lock1

Examples for deadlocks

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Word Value for deadlocks
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

Similar words for deadlocks
Word of the day