interlocking

(noun, adjective, verb)

adjective

1. linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing

Similar word(s): complex, interlacing, interlinking, interwoven

noun

1. contact by fitting together

Similar word(s): engagement, mesh, meshing

Definition categories: event, contact, impinging, striking

2. the act of interlocking or meshing

- an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check

Similar word(s): interlock, mesh, meshing

Definition categories: act, catch, grab, snap, snatch

verb

1. present participle of interlock