Head-lock

Head-lock
When someone or something is so boring or vacuous, your brain almost stops working.

After listening to Tina tell him about her haircut for ten minutes, Brian felt head-locked.


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  • head|lock — «HEHD LOK», noun. a wrestling hold in which an opponent s head is gripped and held between the body and arm of the wrestler applying the hold …   Useful english dictionary

  • Head-lock — When someone or something is so boring or vacuous, your brain almost stops working. After listening to Tina tell him about her haircut for ten minutes, Brian felt head locked …   Dictionary of american slang

  • head·lock — /ˈhɛdˌlɑːk/ noun, pl locks [count] : a method of holding someone by putting your arm around the person s head He had me in a headlock …   Useful english dictionary

  • lock — lock1 W3S2 [lɔk US la:k] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(fasten something)¦ 2¦(keep in a safe place)¦ 3¦(fixed position)¦ 4¦(fixed situation)¦ 5 be locked in battle/combat/dispute etc 6 lock arms 7 lock horns (with somebody) Phrasal verbs  lock… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • lock — 1 verb 1 FASTEN SOMETHING (I, T) to fasten something with a lock or be fastened with a lock: Did you lock the car? I can t get the door to lock. 2 PUT STH IN A SAFE PLACE (transitive always + adv/prep) to put something in a safe place and lock… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Lock and Dam No. 1 — Ford Lock and Dam. Location Minneapolis Saint Paul, Minnesota Coordinates …   Wikipedia

  • lock — lock1 [läk] n. [ME < OE loc, a bolt, bar, enclosure, prison, akin to Ger loch, a hole, ON lok, a lid, prob. < IE base * leug , to bend > Gr lygos, supple twig, L luctȧri, to struggle] 1. a mechanical device furnished with a bolt and,… …   English World dictionary

  • head gate — head′ gate n. 1) civ a control gate at the upstream end of a canal or lock 2) civ a floodgate of a race, sluice, etc • Etymology: 1830–40, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • head gate — ☆ head gate n. a gate that controls the flow of water into a canal lock, sluice, etc …   English World dictionary

  • Lock (water transport) — Canal lock and lock keeper s cottage on the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal at Marsworth in Hertfordshire, England …   Wikipedia

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