blocker
nounUK /ˈblɒkəː/ · US /ˈblɑkɚ/
Etymology From Middle English blocker, blokker, bloker, blokkere, equivalent to block + -er.
13 senses
- 1One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent.
- 2A defensive or low-scoring batter.
- 3One who prevents another user from contacting them…
- 4An application or feature that stops or impedes something.
- 5A bug or issue that prevents software from being released.
- 6A gatekeeper who refuses the marketer access to the…
- 7Any of various medications that block (inhibit) the…
- 8A close-fitting rectangular glove worn by a goalie in…
- 9A blocker bet.
- 10A playing card, needed by one player, that is held by another.
- 11A person who roughly shapes a diamond.
- 12A person who blocks (stretches or moulds) or more…
- 13A resident or member of a particular block.
› Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”)…
1
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent.
2
Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A defensive or low-scoring batter.
3
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences One who prevents another user from contacting them electronically.
- Likewise, any connections shared between your child (the blocker) and the user being blocked will also be broken.2013, Elizabeth Laugeson, The Science of Making Friends:
4
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences An application or feature that stops or impedes something.
- an ad blocker
- a content blocker
5
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A bug or issue that prevents software from being released.
6
Business, Marketing A gatekeeper who refuses the marketer access to the person they wish to contact.
- Sometimes your sales progress skids to a halt. We've all met more blockers than we'd care to. Some are assigned by the company to filter services […]1992, Joan Guiducci, Joan Guiducci's power calling, page 49:
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Biology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences Any of various medications that block (inhibit) the activity of a chemical messenger or its receptors, such as cardiac conduction modifiers (e.g., alpha-blockers, beta-blockers), gastric acid inhibitors (H₂ histamine blockers), puberty blockers, and others.
- Blockers can optimize the development of preferred physical characteristics. In trans girls, blockers initiated prior to the development of male secondary sex characteristics will effectively prevent voice deepening, skeletal enlargement, and penile enlargement.2014, Laura Erickson-Schroth, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 443:
8
A close-fitting rectangular glove worn by a goalie in multiple forms of hockey.
9
Card games, Poker A blocker bet.
10
Card games, Games A playing card, needed by one player, that is held by another.
11
A person who roughly shapes a diamond.
12
A person who blocks (stretches or moulds) or more generally makes knitted items, hats, books (or book covers), shoes, etc.
- Because in 1937 Benjamin is still an apprentice, he remains bound to the Eastern Finland Hat Factory. […] Benjamin now does much of the same work as the master cutters and blockers and enjoys their grudging approval of his skills.2019, John B. Simon, Strangers in a Stranger Land, page 218:
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In compounds A resident or member of a particular block.
- For some inexplicable reason, remote controls are allowed only on D block (the drug-free block). Result? D blockers trade their remotes for drugs. Prison logic.2003, Jeffrey Archer, A Prison Diary Volume II: Purgatory:
- Synonyms
- antagonist, receptor antagonist
- Derived terms
- adblocker, alpha-blocker, angiotensin receptor blocker, antiblocker, bed blocker, beta blocker, calcium channel blocker, chump blocker, cockblocker, data blocker, ganglioblocker, gawker blocker, nonblocker, photoblocker, popup blocker, puberty blocker, sunblocker, USB blocker, USB data blocker, write blocker, β-blocker