# blocked

Pronunciation: say "BLOKT" US /blɑkt/, UK /blɒkt/

## Adjective

1. Obstructed, so that movement or flow through is prevented or impeded.
   - Simple: Stopped up or closed off, so that nothing can get through.
   - _A blocked artery was the cause of the chest pain._
   - _Every exit was blocked by the crowd pushing to get in._
2. Of a computer account or similar, disabled or disconnected so as to prevent access or certain actions.
   - Simple: Turned off or locked, so a person cannot use an account or do certain things.
   - _All of the spammer's accounts were blocked within an hour._
   - _A blocked SIM cannot make calls even with credit on it._
3. Unable to move because of an obstruction.
   - Simple: Not able to move because something is in the way.
   - _The argument began over a blocked car in a shared driveway._
   - _Blocked traffic stretched back for miles behind the crash._
4. Of a person, phone number, address, or similar: banned or barred from connecting or logging on.
   - Simple: Not allowed to call, connect, or log in.
   - _The forum keeps a list of blocked addresses that grows every week._
   - _Once a caller is blocked, the phone rejects the number silently._
6. Of a crossword grid: having black squares that separate the lights and mark the ends of words.
   - Simple: In crossword puzzles, having black squares that separate the words.
   - _British cryptics are usually set in a blocked grid of fifteen squares a side._
   - _Setters of blocked crosswords rarely have to worry about grid construction._
7. Drunk. *(slang, Ireland)*
   - Simple: In Irish slang, very drunk.
   - _The teenager told the garda plainly that he was blocked._
   - _By closing time half the bar was blocked and singing._

## Verb

5. Simple past and past participle of block. — simple past and past participle of block
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of block. Use it for something that happened before, or after has, have, was, or were.
   - _The senator blocked the bill for the third session running._
   - _The director had blocked the scene before the actors arrived._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/blocked (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).