loc

noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of lab on a chip.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, letter, uncountable)Initialism of letter of contract.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, dated, initialism, letter, slang, uncountable)Initialism of letter of comment
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of level of consciousness.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of line of credit.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of line of code.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Abbreviation of localizer.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of loss of crew.
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of loss of consciousness.
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of loss of control.
11. (informal, plural-normally)A dreadlock.

    “Thinning hair can be especially disconcerting when one is trying to wear 'locs, also known as dreadlocks, which I'd first begun in late 2001. […] I finally fetched the shears and, cringing, cut off each 'loc at the point where new growth was coming in.”

    “Locs are another protective hairstyle that dates back to Africa. This rope-like hairstyle is achieved by matting the hair. Priests of the Ethiopian Coptic religion in 500 BCE wore locs, and the first archaeological evidence of locs comes from East Africa.”

12. (alt-of, countable, uncountable)Alternative letter-case form of LOC.
13. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable)Clipping of localization.
14. (dated, slang)Correspondence, usually a letter, sent to a periodical commenting on either the contents of a previous issue or an earlier letter of comment.

    “The first contributor of an accepted new item (not a COA) is entitled to a free issue, as are all other Good People who send in locs, cartoons, etc.”

    “Available for Trade, LoC, Contribution, goodwill (rarely) or even money.”

15. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of lines of code.

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Library of Congress.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Line of Control.

verb

1. (informal, transitive)To style (the hair) in dreadlocks.

   “Dread Head will assist you with temporarily locing your hair.”

2. (dated, slang)To write a letter of comment to a periodical.

   “But what happens, since you have spent a couple of weeks with this firm intention to LoC them all in mind, and in many instances you've even check-marked the particular things you want to comment on and thought about just what you want to say, as future issues of fanzines come into your mailbox, you break your fingernails on the staples in your haste to get to them opened so you can turn to the lettercolumn to see if they printed your LoC.”

adj

1. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang)Clipping of loco (“crazy”).

   “Wassup, can a loc come up in your crib?”