blocky

[blok-ee]

adjective

blockier, blockiest 

1. heavily built; solid; stocky.

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

blocky

adjective

1. like a block, esp in shape and solidity

Other Word Forms

• blockiness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of blocky¹

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

Example Sentences

Serif had spent decades in typeface oblivion as startups, luxury brands and food companies adopted blocky letters.

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The remaining BOSUNs fought back, swatting at birds with their big blocky hands.

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Their blocky heads swiveled from side to side, scanning the woods for Roz’s electronic signal.

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To keep it from dwarfing its 19th-century neighbors, he broke up its mass into separate blocky pavilions.

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

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