lockout vs sit-down

lockout

noun
  • The exclusion of certain people from a place, event, situation, etc. 

  • An exercise meant to increase strength in the lockout portion of a lifting motion. 

  • A situation where the system is not responding to input. 

  • A safety device designed to prevent touching a moving part when it is under operation. 

  • The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing. 

  • The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock. 

  • The final portion of a weightlifting motion where all applicable limbs or joints are fully extended or "locked out". 

  • The restriction of a population to a certain area, but allowing free movement within that region, in order to prevent the spread of disease. Compare lockdown. 

sit-down

noun
  • A sit-in, a protest of civil disobedience by people sitting and refusing to move. 

  • An act of sitting down, especially with other people in some form of social exchange. 

adj
  • Intended to be done, used, consumed etc. while sitting. 

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