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two-blocks

two-blocks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of two-block.

Meaning of two-block

Verb

two-block (third-person singular simple present two-blocks, present participle two-blocking, simple past and past participle two-blocked)

  1. To hoist to the yardarm.
    • He cleared one of the tangled halyards and swiftly two-blocked the flag.1960, The Skipper, volume 20, page 44
  2. (colloquial) To rearrange (one's clothing) to make it look more tidy.
    • […] wore a perfectly two-blocked field scarf and had razor-sharp creases that cut with a surgeon's precision right through the center of seven chevrons and the embroidered emblems on his sleeves.1992, The Leatherneck, volume 75, page 12

Questions about two-blocks

What is two-blocks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Two-blocks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of two-block.

Words near two-blocks in the dictionary

  1. two-block
  2. two-block haircut
  3. two-block haircuts
  4. two-blocked
  5. two-blocking
  6. two-blocks
  7. two-body problem
  8. two-body problems
  9. Two-Buck Chuck
  10. two-by-four
  11. two-by-fours

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