Caps Lock — English Dictionary

Noun

1. An input mode in which all letters of bicameral scripts are generated in capital letters.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Examples

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

2. A lock key on a computer keyboard that activates this mode.

   Usage

   • Countable

3. All caps.

   Usage

   • broadly
   • Informal
   • Uncountable

   Examples

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   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?