WordNet
n. a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key [syn: lock]
Usage examples of "ignition lock".
She climbed up into the seat, lifted the ignition lock, pushed the right pedal into neutral, then pressed the ignition.
He went back to the car and found the keys still in the ignition lock.
The keys were still in the ignition lock, and the wheels themselves had not been cut into deeply.
He had trouble getting the key out of his pocket and his hand was shaking so that it took a long time for him to insert it in the ignition lock.
His son was crouched in the driver's seat and had shattered the plastic housing of the ignition lock with a kick from his boot.
Harbin opened the front door next to the steering wheel, reached in toward the ignition lock and found only the lock.
He dived behind the wheel and slammed the door with one hand while stabbing the key at the ignition lock with the other -- this time he missed and had to fumble again.
Lucy Atherton's Continental was still standing where she had left it, and I saw that the key was still in the ignition lock.
He reached into his pocket and found the key and fumbled for the ignition lock.
The key was in the ignition lock and he drove the Chevy into the clearing.
A pipe sat in the ash tray and the keys were gone from the ignition lock.
He said this as he flourished a thingamajig, then demonstrated its utility on our domestic locks, including the ignition lock in our car.
Michael Wireman eased his way into the doctor's car, and slipped the key into the ignition lock.