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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

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Etymology

Origin of locker room¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Origin of locker-room²

First recorded in 1945–50

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Example Sentences

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locker room locker-room

He had never seen the other locker room in his former home arena.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Three losses, you walked around the locker room crying and handing out lacrosse sticks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

But it also could have happened in a dorm room, locker room or other private setting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

The latter seemingly bought into some of the era’s storylines and ringside magic, believing that a rousing speech to the wrestlers in the locker room would convince them to strike.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

A makeshift stage was set up at the south end of the basketball court, closest to the boys’ locker room, where we dressed and waited to perform.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

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

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