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• locker room
  locker room

  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
  locker-room

  adjective

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

locker room

¹ American  

noun

• locker rooms
  plural

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

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locker-room ² American  

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

adjective

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

   locker-room humor.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• locker rooms
  plural

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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Wide receiver Ladd McConkey said the locker room has “bought into” the Chargers’ new starting center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

“Imagine if we had pro players,” Kiffin quipped before jogging to the locker room at halftime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Admitting to being starstruck in the locker room at Roland Garros by the likes of Alexander Zverev, Samuel is slowly adjusting to his new surroundings.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

“He takes us inside the football factory and shows us the underbelly that sports writers never know, from the locker room to the high-end living,” Atkins notes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Most of them checked the list quickly, then returned to the locker room to pack their belongings, and vanish in the night to be alone with their private desolation.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Light Helmets circumvents locker-room gatekeepers and makes endorsement deals in a bid for visibility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Later, there were cheers and applause: standing near Shane in an otherwise-empty row of locker-room showers was the confident Ilya Rozanov, from Russia.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2026

You’ve got Puka Nacua and newcomer Davante Adams and speedy Tutu Atwell and now, despite his landmark contributions and locker-room leadership, you just don’t need Cooper Kupp anymore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025

The book, published in 1974, had been long been criticized by some parents for its modest locker-room talk and anti-authority worldview — and enjoyed by the young in part for the same reasons.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2024

I had no idea my cousin was still thinking about the locker-room situation as much as Jenna and me.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins