block
- noun
- /blɑk/
- The defender made a crucial block to prevent the opposing player from scoring.
You got to feel good when someone else scores that touchdown that you threw the block, right?
- You got to feel good when someone else scores that touchdown that you threw the block, right?
Examples
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During the volleyball game, she executed a perfect block at the net that surprised her opponent.
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The girls lined up behind the starting block in the order they would swim: Jen, Dana, Amy, Shanti.
Fiction book (1997) -
You have three blocks to kill him.
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Sure enough, after only a few blocks, we ran into yet another roadblock!
Fiction book (2002) -
The runners were in the starting blocks for the 100-meter dash.
Fiction book (1997) -
An overcast sky dimmed the moonlight as she began her familiar three-block journey home.
Fiction book (2000) -
He always practices his footwork to improve his ability to block the ball effectively.
Synonyms
Something used to hold a person or animal still
Stopping a player from moving by standing in front of them
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A person who is very like one of their parents in looks or behaviour
Compounds
- Formal
Money given by a national government to local governments for a general purpose with few rules
- Specialized
A metal part of an engine that holds the cylinders and channels for cooling
- Specialized
The heart's signals stop partly or completely, causing slow, irregular beats and fainting
- Specialized
A simple picture showing the main parts of a system and how they connect
- Literature
A vote by a delegate that counts for the number of people they represent
- Specialized
A solid piece of metal in an engine that holds the cylinders where the pistons move and cooling passages
- Specialized
A heart problem when electrical signals between the upper and lower chambers are slow or stop causing fainting
- Specialized
An injection that numbs the nerves near the vagina to reduce pain during childbirth
- Specialized
A way to make part of the body numb by putting medicine near a nerve
An uppercase letter written clearly and not joined to other letters often used on forms
- Archaic
A small wheel used with a rope to help raise sails at the top of a ship's mast
- Specialized
An injection of pain medicine into the lower part of the spine to numb the lower body for surgery
- Specialized
A light concrete block used for building, made from waste from burned coal instead of stone
- Specialized
A small piece of felt that drops on a piano string to stop it from vibrating
- Specialized
A part of a disk where data cannot be read or written because it is damaged
- Specialized
A block in a blockchain that the network computers do not accept because it breaks the rules
- Specialized
A way to numb one body part by injecting medicine near a nerve
- Specialized
A wheel with a groove that a rope runs in to lift things or change the rope's direction
- Specialized
A method that numbs the area that would touch a saddle by injecting medicine near the spine
- Specialized
An injection of numbing medicine beside the cervix to reduce pain during childbirth
- Specialized
A metal block that supports a shaft so it can turn smoothly with a bearing inside
- Specialized
A tool with a sharp point on a stand that checks flat surfaces or marks lines on metal
- Specialized
A heavy iron block with holes and grooves that helps shape hot metal in a forge
- Jargon
In American football, an illegal action where a player hits another player from the side or behind
- Specialized
A pulley that opens so you can place a rope inside without passing the end through
How Obstructed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Block in sports comes from the same idea of stopping movement with something solid, so to make a block is to use your body to stop an opponent or the ball.