"cockblock" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-cockblock.ogg [Australia] Forms: cockblocks [plural]
Etymology: Rhyming compound of cock + block; likely a back-formation from cockblocker. First attested among black teenagers in the US in the early 1970s. Etymology templates: {{com|en|cock|block|type=rhy}} Rhyming compound of cock + block, {{back-formation|en|cockblocker|nocap=1}} back-formation from cockblocker Head templates: {{en-noun}} cockblock (plural cockblocks)
  1. (vulgar, slang) The act of cockblocking. Tags: slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-cockblock-en-noun--HgiAZlZ Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 7 38 37
  2. (vulgar, slang) A person who cockblocks. Tags: slang, vulgar Translations (one who cockblocks): empata-foda (Portuguese), cortarrollos [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), snoppstoppare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cockblock-en-noun-5wXEDkBi Disambiguation of 'one who cockblocks': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cock block Related terms: cockblocker, cock blocker

Verb

Audio: En-au-cockblock.ogg [Australia] Forms: cockblocks [present, singular, third-person], cockblocking [participle, present], cockblocked [participle, past], cockblocked [past]
Etymology: Rhyming compound of cock + block; likely a back-formation from cockblocker. First attested among black teenagers in the US in the early 1970s. Etymology templates: {{com|en|cock|block|type=rhy}} Rhyming compound of cock + block, {{back-formation|en|cockblocker|nocap=1}} back-formation from cockblocker Head templates: {{en-verb}} cockblock (third-person singular simple present cockblocks, present participle cockblocking, simple past and past participle cockblocked)
  1. (vulgar, slang, originally African-American Vernacular) To make or attempt to make another's intended goal of romantic relationship or sexual intercourse impossible. Tags: slang, vulgar Categories (topical): Sex Translations (to make or attempt to make another's intended goal of sexual intercourse impossible.): empatar [Brazil] (Portuguese), cortar el rollo (Spanish), snoppstoppa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cockblock-en-verb-Cvm5QXkU Disambiguation of Sex: 5 13 75 7 Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 7 38 37 Disambiguation of "to make or attempt to make another's intended goal of sexual intercourse impossible.": 97 3
  2. (by extension) To prevent someone from achieving a goal, aggressively getting in the way (e.g., an intentionally difficult level of a video game). Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-cockblock-en-verb-ma22jT4V Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English reduplications, English rhyming compounds Disambiguation of English back-formations: 23 11 21 45 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 5 22 49 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 7 26 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 7 38 37 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 27 10 21 42 Disambiguation of English rhyming compounds: 20 24 21 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cock block

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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