blocked

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

blocked (comparative more blocked, superlative most blocked)

1. obstructed impeding general movement.

   This road is blocked, so we must find another route.

2. obstructed impeding total flow in a pipe, etc.

   Call a plumber to unclog the blocked drain.

3. (Ireland, slang) Drunk
   • 2019 January 4, “'Drunk' Co Tyrone teenager smashed car into solicitor's office in Dungannon”, in The Irish News‎^[1]:

     McKenna was found to be heavily intoxicated, and after caution he swore and replied: "I'm blocked."

Synonyms

• (obstructed movement): forwrought, impedite
• (obstructed flow): choked, clogged
• (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk

Translations

obstructed, of movement

• Finnish: tukossa (fi) (adverb); suljettu (fi), ruuhkautunut
• German: gesperrt (de)
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• Spanish: cerrado (es), obstruido (es), cortado (es), bloqueado (es), trabado (es)

obstructed, of flow

• Finnish: tukossa (fi) (adverb); tukkeutunut
• Maori: purutiti, purutiti (referring to the nose when suffering from a head cold)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tilstoppet

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• Persian: کیپ (fa) (kip)
• Spanish: estancado (es), obstruido (es), tapado (es)

Verb

blocked

1. simple past and past participle of block

Anagrams

• bedlock, deblock