How to pronounce locking in American English
“locking” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to locking the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “locking” in: all accents · British English (209 clips)
“locking” in real sentences — American speakers
262 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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CUI in the physical environment is a locking barrier, it is your locking file cabinet, locking
National Archives
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reuse self-locking nuts regularly without checking their self-locking service ability this is a self-locking cassellated nudge
FAA
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locking in the new standard.
EPA
Words that sound like “locking”
Words one sound away from locking — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “locking”
Why real speech
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