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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

As his heartbroken team dressed in the locker room, Taylor pledged that the adversity would shape them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 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

And he added his touchdown later, just before the half, as the Trojans took a 28-0 lead into the locker room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

Trainers were looking at Thompson in the opening quarter Thursday night, ultimately walking him to the locker room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

When he returned to the locker room, Philip Turner and Pinkie walked up to congratulate him.

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

With a wry smile, Brennan turns on his headset and adjusts the collar of his striped uniform as he closes the locker-room door to trot down to the turf.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2024

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