"two-block" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: two-blocks [present, singular, third-person], two-blocking [participle, present], two-blocked [participle, past], two-blocked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} two-block (third-person singular simple present two-blocks, present participle two-blocking, simple past and past participle two-blocked)
  1. (nautical) To hoist to the yardarm. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-two-block-en-verb-loikW5Q7 Topics: nautical, transport
  2. (nautical, colloquial) To rearrange (one's clothing) to make it look more tidy. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-two-block-en-verb-HogqlbeR Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: two-blocked

Inflected forms

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