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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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locker room locker-room

Still, Belgium wasn’t ready to drop the matter even after the players were done dancing in the locker room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

After the win against Qatar, Carney gave the team a pep talk in the Vancouver stadium locker room.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

He was a positive influence in the Lakers’ locker room, especially for center Deandre Ayton.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

"We use as little as possible," she said, standing at the locker room of a local sports field, which was turned into a temporary showering facility.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

Ten minutes later, Ben entered the overheated locker room.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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

It’s not just that the locker-room banter sometimes sounds like a faculty lounge at some competitive liberal arts college.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025

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

Most of the showers were in a row, locker-room style, but I found one full bathroom with a door that locked.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour