locking

A style of dancing in which energetic maneuvers are performed, especially emphasizing the use of arm movements, usually to funk or hip-hop music.

An inability to move a joint through its full range because of a mechanical defect or obstruction within the joint, or because the joint is fixed in one position. Locking can result from extreme pain caused by a muscle spasm, from interference by a foreign body, or from a torn cartilage. Locking of the knee joint, for example, may be due to a spasm of the hamstring muscle, a loose body in the joint capsule, or a torn lunar cartilage.

Inability to move a joint through its full range of motion due to a mechanical defect or obstruction within the joint. It may result in an inability to fully extend the joint, or the fixation of a joint in one position. Locking or inability to move a joint can be caused by extreme pain due to a muscle spasm or by interference from a foreign body or torn cartilage. Locking of the knee-joint, for example, maybe due to a spasm of the hamstrings, a meniscal tear, or loose bodies (joint mice).

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the act of locking something up to protect it
  Synonym: lockup

Locking may refer to:

• Locking (dance), a style of funk dance invented in the early 1970s
• Locking, North Somerset, a village in the United Kingdom

See also

• Lock

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