blocking

[ blok-ing ]

noun

, Carpentry.

1. a number of small pieces of wood for filling interstices, or for spacing, joining, or reinforcing members.

blocking

/ ˈblɒkɪŋ /

noun

1. electronics the interruption of anode current in a valve because of the application of a high negative voltage to the grid
2. internal congestion in a communication system that prevents the transmission of information

Other Words From

• non·blocking adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of blocking¹

First recorded in 1575–85; block + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

You don’t get much in the way of ad blocking or tracker protection by default with Pale Moon, but there are plenty of add-ons to pick from in a variety of categories.

From Popular-Science

Aditya Padhye, director of business development at EyeOPadhye is the director of business development at EyeO, a firm that provides ad blocking software and allows people to control the types of ads they will accept.

From Digiday

High quality news coverage of the coronavirus crisis has been deemed partisan, and coronavirus keywords have landed on keyword blocking lists.

From Digiday

Therefore, it seemed operators might be able to get away with blocking or slowing down customers’ general Internet use once they reached their data caps, while still allowing favored services to run unimpeded.

From Fortune

In 2019, the Chiefs’ and Texans’ offensive lines earned nearly identical pass blocking grades from Pro Football Focus, yet Watson took more than twice as many sacks as Mahomes did.

From FiveThirtyEight

Because of this, the peacekeeping forces have been blocking Muslims from leaving on envoys out of the country.

From The Daily Beast

This same fear has recently resurfaced as the number one excuse for blocking a proposed subway through Beverly Hills.

From The Daily Beast

Rather, it was because Brown was allegedly “walking down the middle of the street blocking traffic.”

From The Daily Beast

After the next 10 times after that, I just started blocking people.

From The Daily Beast

For starters, the Ello beta launched without any privacy controls or blocking options.

From The Daily Beast

Nobody notices you if you kneel down on the road to say your prayer, in spite of the fact that you are blocking the traffic.

From Project Gutenberg

Lawrence ordered one of the teamsters who had not entirely lost his head to swing his wagon across the road, blocking it.

From Project Gutenberg

The apparent impossibility of the project rose before him like a stone wall, blocking further progress.

From Project Gutenberg

Lafayette with a large army of French and Americans was already blocking the neck of the peninsula.

From Project Gutenberg

In going through Sophoulis' equations, Lancaster found what he believed was the flaw that was blocking progress.

From Project Gutenberg

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