blocking

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of block

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
2. (countable, uncountable) The precise movement and positioning of actors in order to facilitate a performance (originally planned using miniature blocks).
3. (countable, uncountable) Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
4. (countable, uncountable) A feature that prevents a keyboard from registering multiple simultaneous keypresses that would cause ghosting.
5. (countable, uncountable) A rectangular discontinuity as an artifact of separating a discrete signal into blocks that are processed individually.

block

• Noun
• Verb

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Synonyms

block

obstruction

obstructing

lockout

interference

barring

interlock

blockade

clogging

clog

blockage

averting

dam

deadlock

debarment

deterring

dummying

escapement

foiling

forestalling

gag

gathering

heading

hindering

impeding

interlink

interlocking

jam

jamming

linkage

linking

locking

lockup

lumping

modularity

modularization

obliteration

obstructive

occlusion

partition

partitioning

pick

⛏️

plugging

popping

rebuff

refusal

rejection

retardation

stoppage

stopping up

Translations

blocage

تعليق؛ فرض تعليق

إقفال

اقفال

صمد

bloqueig

blocatge

interferència

Absperrung

Blockieren

bloquer

bloquant

engorgement

ingérence

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