blocker
pronunciation
How to pronounce blocker in British English:
UK ['blɒkə]
How to pronounce blocker in American English:
US ['blɒkə]
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- Noun:
- a football player whose responsibility is to block players attempting to stop an offensive play
- a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process
Word Origin
- blocker (n.)
- c. 1400 of a tool, c. 1600 of a person, agent noun from block (v.). U.S. football sense from 1914.
Example
- 1. A dependable spyware blocker is the first line of defense against these sneaky software attacks .
- 2. You can setup spam blocker to check multiple email accounts .
- 3. This pop-up blocker might interfere with sites that automatically generate new windows from script .
- 4. Maybe statins should be used very , very early in heart failure , before even the beta blocker is used .
- 5. Blocker and then we add a diuretic or start with a diuretic and then add a ?