Caps Lock

• caps lock, capslock, CapsLock

• (UK) enPR: kăps lŏk, IPA^(key): /kæps lɒk/
• (US) /kæps lɔk/

Caps Lock (countable and uncountable, plural Caps Locks)

1. (uncountable, computing) An input mode in which all letters of bicameral scripts are generated in capital letters.

   Please check if Caps Lock is on when typing your password.

2. (countable, computing) A lock key on a computer keyboard that activates this mode.
3. (uncountable, by extension, informal) All caps.
   • 2026 March 20, Brit Dawson, “‘I went on a cortisol ‘detox’ to tackle my spiralling anxiety — here’s what happened’”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[1]:

     I type ‘high cortisol’ into the search bar and keep scrolling. ‘You’re not ugly, you just have cortisol face,’ declares one video. ‘POV you finally drop the cortisol belly,’ reads another. A third screams in caps lock, ‘HOW TO LOWER CORTISOL’. I’m sold. Cortisol is to blame for everything. But how do I fix it?

• (computer keys) key; Caps Lock, Enter, Num Lock, Page Down, Page Up, Scroll Lock, Shift, Tab ^{(Category: en:Computing)}

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