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cockblock

cockblock verb: to make or attempt to make another's intended goal of romantic relationship or sexual intercourse impossible.

Verb

cockblock (third-person singular simple present cockblocks, present participle cockblocking, simple past and past participle cockblocked)

  1. (idiomatic, slang, transitive, vulgar) To make or attempt to make another's intended goal of romantic relationship or sexual intercourse impossible.
    • [T]o COCK BLOCK: to interfere with a male's attempt to 'win over' a female, even if the other male is not interested in the female himself.[1972, Edith Folb, A Comparative Study of Urban Black Argot: Final Report, page 135
    • Excitement surged through him and his groin tingled tight. He heard himself growling low in his throat. At his stop he considered staying on. Maybe she would get off without the dude. Cockblocking chump motherfucker.1986, A. R. Flowers, De mojo blues: de quest of HighJohn de conqueror, page 94
  2. (broadly, idiomatic, transitive) To prevent someone from achieving a goal, aggressively getting in the way (e.g., an intentionally difficult level of a video game).

Noun

cockblock (plural cockblocks)

  1. (slang, vulgar) The act of cockblocking.
  2. (slang, vulgar) A person who cockblocks.

Forms of cockblock

Verb
third-person singular presentcockblocks
present participlecockblocking
past participlecockblocked
pastcockblocked
alternative formcock block
Noun
pluralcockblocks

Origin of cockblock

Rhyming compound of cock + block; likely a back-formation from cockblocker. First use appears c. 1972. See cite below.

Words formed from cockblock

Questions about cockblock

What does cockblock mean?
Cockblock means to make or attempt to make another's intended goal of romantic relationship or sexual intercourse impossible.
What part of speech is cockblock?
Cockblock can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of cockblock?
The past tense of cockblock is cockblocked.

Words near cockblock in the dictionary

  1. cockbilling
  2. cockbills
  3. cockbird
  4. cockbirds
  5. cockbiting
  6. cockblock
  7. cockblocked
  8. cockblockee
  9. cockblocker
  10. cockblockers
  11. cockblocking

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