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"A bug or issue that prevents software from being released."
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"ref": "2014, Laura Erickson-Schroth, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community, Oxford University Press, page 443",
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"Any of various medications that block (inhibit) the activity of a chemical messenger or its receptors, such as cardiac conduction modifiers (e.g., alpha-blockers), gastric acid inhibitors (H₂ histamine blockers), puberty blockers, and others."
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[
"block",
"block#English"
],
[
"sports",
"sports"
],
[
"impede",
"impede"
],
[
"opponent",
"opponent"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.",
"(sports) One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent."
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Computing"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2013, Elizabeth Laugeson, The Science of Making Friends",
"text": "Likewise, any connections shared between your child (the blocker) and the user being blocked will also be broken.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.",
"One who prevents another user from contacting them electronically."
],
"links": [
[
"Agent noun",
"agent noun"
],
[
"block",
"block#English"
],
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"user",
"user"
],
[
"contact",
"contact"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.",
"(computing) One who prevents another user from contacting them electronically."
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"en:Computing"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "an ad blocker",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "a content blocker",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.",
"An application that stops / impedes unauthorised access to a programme."
],
"links": [
[
"Agent noun",
"agent noun"
],
[
"block",
"block#English"
],
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.",
"(computing) An application that stops / impedes unauthorised access to a programme."
],
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"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Computing"
],
"glosses": [
"Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.",
"A bug or issue that prevents software from being released."
],
"links": [
[
"Agent noun",
"agent noun"
],
[
"block",
"block#English"
],
[
"computing",
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[
"bug",
"bug"
],
[
"issue",
"issue"
],
[
"software",
"software"
],
[
"release",
"release"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.",
"(computing) A bug or issue that prevents software from being released."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "showstopper"
}
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Marketing"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1992, Joan Guiducci, Joan Guiducci's power calling, page 49",
"text": "Sometimes your sales progress skids to a halt. We've all met more blockers than we'd care to. Some are assigned by the company to filter services […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.",
"A gatekeeper who refuses the marketer access to the person they wish to contact."
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"agent noun"
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[
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"marketing",
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[
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"gatekeeper"
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"Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.",
"(marketing) A gatekeeper who refuses the marketer access to the person they wish to contact."
],
"topics": [
"business",
"marketing"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Biology",
"en:Medicine"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2014, Laura Erickson-Schroth, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community, Oxford University Press, page 443",
"text": "Blockers can optimize the development of preferred physical characteristics. In trans girls, blockers initiated prior to the development of male secondary sex characteristics will effectively prevent voice deepening, skeletal enlargement, and penile enlargement.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.",
"Any of various medications that block (inhibit) the activity of a chemical messenger or its receptors, such as cardiac conduction modifiers (e.g., alpha-blockers), gastric acid inhibitors (H₂ histamine blockers), puberty blockers, and others."
],
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[
"block",
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[
"biology",
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[
"medicine",
"medicine"
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[
"medications",
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[
"alpha-blocker",
"alpha-blocker"
],
[
"puberty blocker",
"puberty blocker"
]
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"Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.",
"(biology, medicine) Any of various medications that block (inhibit) the activity of a chemical messenger or its receptors, such as cardiac conduction modifiers (e.g., alpha-blockers), gastric acid inhibitors (H₂ histamine blockers), puberty blockers, and others."
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"medicine",
"natural-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.",
"A close-fitting rectangular glove worn by a goalie in multiple forms of hockey."
],
"links": [
[
"Agent noun",
"agent noun"
],
[
"block",
"block#English"
],
[
"rectangular",
"rectangular"
],
[
"glove",
"glove"
],
[
"goalie",
"goalie"
],
[
"hockey",
"hockey"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Poker"
],
"glosses": [
"Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.",
"A blocker bet."
],
"links": [
[
"Agent noun",
"agent noun"
],
[
"block",
"block#English"
],
[
"poker",
"poker"
],
[
"blocker bet",
"blocker bet"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.",
"(poker) A blocker bet."
],
"topics": [
"card-games",
"poker"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Card games"
],
"glosses": [
"Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.",
"A playing card, needed by one player, that is held by another."
],
"links": [
[
"Agent noun",
"agent noun"
],
[
"block",
"block#English"
],
[
"card game",
"card game"
],
[
"playing card",
"playing card"
]
],
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"Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.",
"(card games) A playing card, needed by one player, that is held by another."
],
"topics": [
"card-games",
"games"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2019, John B. Simon, Strangers in a Stranger Land, page 218",
"text": "Because in 1937 Benjamin is still an apprentice, he remains bound to the Eastern Finland Hat Factory. […] Benjamin now does much of the same work as the master cutters and blockers and enjoys their grudging approval of his skills.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A person who blocks (stretches or moulds) hats."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-ɒkə(ɹ)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "blocker medications",
"word": "antagonist"
},
{
"sense": "blocker medications",
"word": "receptor antagonist"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "something or someone that blocks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bloqueador"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "something or someone that blocks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bloqueadora"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "something or someone that blocks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bloker"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "something or someone that blocks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bloqueador"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "something or someone that blocks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bloqueadora"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something or someone that blocks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bloqueador"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something or someone that blocks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bloqueadora"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "(computing) An application that stops unauthorised access to a programme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bloqueador"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "(computing) An application that stops unauthorised access to a programme",
"word": "pūārai"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(computing) An application that stops unauthorised access to a programme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bloqueador"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(computing) An application that stops unauthorised access to a programme",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bloqueador"
}
],
"word": "blocker"
}
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