blocking

English

Verb

blocking

1. Present participle of block.

Noun

blocking (plural blockings)

1. The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
   • Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

     Miss H.'s voice was clear and intelligible, although it alternated between vocal blockings and extreme vocal hurry, every clause being jetted out suddenly, and rapidly decaying into aphonia.

2. (theater) The precise movement and positioning of actors on a stage in order to facilitate the performance of a play, ballet, film or opera (originally planned using miniature blocks).
3. Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.