blocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: blockers
Etymology: From Middle English blocker, blokker, bloker, blokkere, equivalent to block + -er.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.
One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.
A defensive or low-scoring batter.
examples: text: Likewise, any connections shared between your child (the blocker) and the user being blocked will also be broken.
ref: 2013, Elizabeth Laugeson, The Science of Making Friends:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.
One who prevents another user from contacting them electronically.
examples: text: an ad blocker
text: a content blocker
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.
An application that stops / impedes unauthorised access to a programme.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.
A bug or issue that prevents software from being released.
synonyms: showstopper
examples: text: 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 […]
ref: 1992, Joan Guiducci, Joan Guiducci's power calling, page 49:
topics: business
marketing
glosses: Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.
A gatekeeper who refuses the marketer access to the person they wish to contact.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2014, Laura Erickson-Schroth, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 443:
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.
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.
synonyms: antagonist
coordinate_terms: agonist
glosses: Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.
A close-fitting rectangular glove worn by a goalie in multiple forms of hockey.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.
A blocker bet.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.
A playing card, needed by one player, that is held by another.
glosses: A person who roughly shapes a diamond.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2019, John B. Simon, Strangers in a Stranger Land, page 218:
glosses: A person who blocks (stretches or moulds) hats.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2003, Jeffrey Archer, A Prison Diary Volume II: Purgatory:
glosses: A resident or member of a particular block.
Synonyms: sense: blocker medications
word: antagonist
sense: blocker medications
word: 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
Related terms: blockade
blockage