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road-blocking

road-block·ing
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rohd blok-ing]
    • /roʊd ˈblɒk ɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rohd blok-ing]
    • /roʊd ˈblɒk ɪŋ/

Definitions of road-blocking word

  • noun road-blocking an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations. 1
  • noun road-blocking an obstruction on a road, as a fallen tree or a pile of fallen rocks. 1
  • noun road-blocking a hastily built barricade, as of barbed wire, erected across a road to hold up the advance of an enemy. 1
  • noun road-blocking an action, condition, etc., that obstructs progress toward an objective: Nationalism is a roadblock to European unity. 1
  • verb with object road-blocking to halt or obstruct with or as if with a roadblock. 1

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Origin of road-blocking

First appearance:

before 1935
One of the 8% newest English words
First recorded in 1935-40; road + block

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Parts of speech for Road-blocking

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

road-blocking popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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