locker room

¹ American

noun

a room containing lockers, as in a gymnasium, factory, or school, for changing clothes and for the storage and safekeeping of personal belongings.

locker-room ² American

[lok-er-room, -room] / ˈlɒk ərˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

adjective

of, characteristic of, or suitable to conversation in a locker room; earthy or sexually explicit.

locker-room humor.

Etymology

Origin of locker room¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Origin of locker-room²

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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FBI Director Kash Patel, a lifelong recreational hockey player and fan who was in attendance, joined the men’s team in the locker room afterward to celebrate.

From Los Angeles Times

After the end of the first, Doncic went to the Lakers’ locker room, but he returned to the bench early in the second quarter.

From Los Angeles Times

Footage showed the FBI chief drinking a beer and cheering with the players in a locker room after the game.

From BBC

After watching from a box, the director stormed the locker room.

From Salon

Both had dreamed of representing the U.S. in the Olympics — a dream realized symbolically by their jerseys in the U.S. locker room.

From Salon

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