auto-block

A form of autoblock — A technique used in rappelling and ascending, with a friction hitch around the climbing rope.

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Meanings

nounauto-block (usually uncountable, plural auto-blocks)

plural auto-blocks

  1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative form of autoblock.
verbauto-block (third-person singular simple present auto-blocks, present participle auto-blocking, simple past and past participle auto-blocked)

present singular third person auto-blocks · participle present auto-blocking · participle past auto-blocked · past auto-blocked

  1. alternativeAlternative form of autoblock.
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APA

auto-block. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auto-block

MLA

“auto-block.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auto-block. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “auto-block,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auto-block.

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