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reblock

reblock verb: to block, prevent, or hamper again.

Verb

reblock (third-person singular simple present reblocks, present participle reblocking, simple past and past participle reblocked)

  1. (transitive) To block, prevent, or hamper again.
    • It is not just bad news about Dubai that gets blocked from the Internet; […] a whole range of other social networking sites have been blocked, unblocked and reblocked.2010, Syed Ali, Dubai: gilded cage, page 58
  2. (transitive) To remould (a hat) into its original shape.
    • Reputable dry cleaners can clean and reblock a hat.1951, Bernice Gertrude Chambers, Color and design: fashion in men's and women's clothing and home furnishings
  3. (transitive) To block, or specify the position of, (actors on the stage) again.
    • In less than five hours the actors will perform the ballroom scene, rewritten and reblocked.2013, Susan Letzler Cole, Playwrights in Rehearsal: The Seduction of Company, page 81

Forms of reblock

third-person singular presentreblocks
present participlereblocking
past participlereblocked
pastreblocked

Origin of reblock

From re- + block.

Questions about reblock

What does reblock mean?
Reblock means to block, prevent, or hamper again.
What part of speech is reblock?
Reblock is a verb.
What is the past tense of reblock?
The past tense of reblock is reblocked.

Words near reblock in the dictionary

  1. reblits
  2. reblitted
  3. reblitting
  4. reblochon
  5. reblochons
  6. reblock
  7. reblockage
  8. reblockages
  9. reblocked
  10. reblocking
  11. reblockings

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