blocky

American  

[blok-ee] / ˈblɒk i /

adjective

blockier, blockiest

1. heavily built; solid; stocky.

2. marked by blocks or patches of unequally distributed light and shade, as in a photograph.

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blocky British  

adjective

1. like a block, esp in shape and solidity

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Other Word Forms

• blockiness
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of blocky

First recorded in 1870–75; block + -y ¹

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

blocky blockier

She painted colorful, flat, blocky, nearly abstract shapes, but often with a distortion or a twist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026

But I do like clothes that are bright and blocky, and LF Markey does great workwear, which you can get online as well as at their east London store.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025

They are described as large dogs "with a muscular body and blocky head, suggesting great strength and power".

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025

Their foe, in true “Minecraft” fashion, is a blocky baby zombie riding a cubist chicken: a “chicken jockey,” as Black’s Steve properly notes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025

The trainer motored up to the ranch and silently watched as Seabiscuit, looking blocky in his winter coat, was galloped in front of him.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

The tweaking was in the details: the altered check, the blockier logo.

From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2018

These authors also suggested that C. megalodon had a deeper, blockier skull than the Great white shark Carcharodon carcharias.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 6, 2013

Sadly, what we can probably expect, is another Skyline or Battlefield Los Angeles, just with blockier aliens, who slowly advance towards Earth in a predictable rectangular formation.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2011

They were all a little blockier than the human parts they were meant to correspond to, but they were recognizable.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

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