airlocked

Definition

Equipped with an airlock.

Etymology

Share (2005) suggests that the adjective comes from the past participle of the verb airlock (“to stop suddenly”), which Macaffee (1996) says is “from the cut-out in a diesel engine if air enters the fuel system”.

Example Sentences

• "While Flora and Doc waited their turn through the airlocked tube to the city, Simianoids walked past in a column of fives"
• "It was sporadically interrupted by Sam standing up and spreading his arms high and wide to exclaim, 'I'm fuckin' airlocked! I'm fuckin' airlocked!' He was letting everyone know that he was indeed quite drunk."