blocking
pronunciation
How to pronounce blocking in British English:
UK ['blɒkɪŋ]
How to pronounce blocking in American English:
US ['blɒkɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- (American football) the act of obstructing someone's path with your body
Word Origin
- blocking (n.)
- 1630s, verbal noun from present participle of block (v.). By 1891 in U.S. football; by 1961 in theater.
Example
- 1. Blocking cnooc has not meaningfully increased america 's energy security .
- 2. The airlines fought this blocking and banning the harvesting of their sites .
- 3. The blocking of these receptors causes paralysis , respiratory failure and death .
- 4. The new number is blocking the old .
- 5. My immediate boss is threatened by my talents and blocking my rise .