Meaning

1 senses

  1. To open something by means of a latchkey.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. From about age 6, I led the life of a latchkey kid.

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  2. We were latchkey kids.

    deWir waren Schlüsselkinder. — Luiaard

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Origin

From latch + key.

From latch + key.

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Forms

latchkeys, latchkeying, latchkeyed, latchkeyed
Base formlatchkey · to latchkey
3rd person singularlatchkeys
Present participlelatchkeying
Past simplelatchkeyed
Past participlelatchkeyed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylatchkey
he, she, itlatchkeys

Past simpleLesson

all personslatchkeyed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave latchkeyed
he, she, ithas latchkeyed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill latchkey

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lastA2lastlyB2latchlateA1latecomerB1
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