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blockee

blockee noun: one who, or that which, is blocked.

Noun

blockee (plural blockees)

  1. (rare) One who, or that which, is blocked.
    • O'Roarke thought Gabby's observation was fairly accurate, more accurate than she intended since she, herself, was also among the blockees.1992, Jane Dentinger, Dead Pan
    • This is an artificial deadlock situation, where the blocker cannot free the blockees, since the blockees have all of the shared servers tied up.2003, Thomas Kyte, Effective Oracle by design

Forms of blockee

pluralblockees

Origin of blockee

From block + -ee.

Questions about blockee

What does blockee mean?
Blockee means one who, or that which, is blocked.
What part of speech is blockee?
Blockee is a noun.
What is the plural of blockee?
The plural of blockee is blockees.

Words near blockee in the dictionary

  1. blocked out
  2. blocked shot
  3. blocked shots
  4. blocked the box
  5. blocked up
  6. blockee
  7. blockees
  8. blocker
  9. blocker bet
  10. blocker bets
  11. blockers

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