blocking

Meanings

Plural: blockings

Noun

• the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
• The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
• The precise movement and positioning of actors in order to facilitate a performance (originally planned using miniature blocks).
• Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
• A feature that prevents a keyboard from registering multiple simultaneous keypresses that would cause ghosting.
• A rectangular discontinuity as an artifact of separating a discrete signal into blocks that are processed individually.

Verb

• render unsuitable for passage
• hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
• stop from happening or developing
• interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
• run on a block system
• interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
• shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
• stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
• obstruct
• block passage through
• support, secure, or raise with a block
• impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
• be unable to remember
  • "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"
• shape by using a block
• shape into a block or blocks
• prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
• present participle and gerund of block

Synonyms

bar, barricade, blank out, block, block off, block up, blockade, choke up, close up, deflect, draw a blank, embarrass, forget, freeze, halt, hinder, immobilise, immobilize, impede, jam, kibosh, lug, obstruct, obturate, occlude, parry, stop, stuff, stymie, stymy

Antonyms

free, remember, unblock, unfreeze, unstuff