Definition: Meaning of, vapor lock in English to English dictionary.
Pronunciation:/ ˈveɪpə lɒk /
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vapor lock
vapor locks
American English; vapour lock elsewhere
especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles