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Grammar : Adj, adv, verb
Spell : ded-lok
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛdˌlɒk



Definition of deadlocked

Origin :
  • "complete standstill," from dead (adj.), in its emphatic use, + lock (n.). First attested 1779 in Sheridan's play "The Critic."
  • As in motionless : adj calm, not moving
  • As in static : adj motionless, changeless
  • As in neck-and-neck : adj very close
  • As in tied : adj even
  • As in stock-still : adj motionless
  • As in nip and tuck : adv very close and evenly contested
  • As in tie : verb equal
Example sentences :
  • Grant is deadlocked at Petersburg and may be there all winter.
  • Extract from : « The Southerner » by Thomas Dixon
  • Deadlocked, they looked at each other and tried not to let their eyes smile.
  • Extract from : « Skyrider » by B. M. Bower
  • Lee and Grant were deadlocked in the trenches before Petersburg, but here in the valley history would be made again.
  • Extract from : « The Tree of Appomattox » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • The election being disputed, it fell to them to decide the question—something they would never do, since they were deadlocked.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Republic » by Charles Morris
  • “Con” was Cornelius Bonner, an Irishman, one of the deadlocked school board, and the 22 captain of the road grader.
  • Extract from : « The Brown Mouse » by Herbert Quick
  • The deadlocked members of the board had been so long at loggerheads that their relations had swayed back to something like amity.
  • Extract from : « The Brown Mouse » by Herbert Quick
  • With the good government which followed these changes a deadlocked Congress showed no great desire to interfere.
  • Extract from : « The Sequel of Appomattox » by Walter Lynwood Fleming

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