blocking

About 6.54 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of block
2. noun The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.

   blocking of major opposition sites

3. noun The precise movement and positioning of actors in order to facilitate a performance (originally planned using miniature blocks).
4. noun Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
5. noun A feature that prevents a keyboard from registering multiple simultaneous keypresses that would cause ghosting.
6. noun A rectangular discontinuity as an artifact of separating a discrete signal into blocks that are processed individually.

Similar words

interference thwarting obstruction blockage obstacle stopping hindrance hampering hindering hang-up

Often followed by

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