Meanings
present singular third person blocks up · participle present blocking up · participle past blocked up · past blocked up
- transitiveTo completely block or obstruct.
- intransitiveTo be completely blocked or obstructed.
- transitiveTo raise on blocks.
1 more example
In mid-morning the Model T truck rolled triumphantly home to Cannery Row and hopped the gutter and creaked up through the weeds to its place behind Lee Chong’s. The boys blocked up the front wheels, drained what petrol was left into a five-gallon can, took their frogs and went wearily home to the Palace Flophouse.
1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row
Synonyms & antonyms
verbrender unsuitable for passage
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Irish iaigh
- iaigh(transitive) to completely block or obstruct
Latin obtūrō
- obtūrō(transitive) to completely block or obstruct
Māori tairi
- tairi(transitive) to completely block or obstruct
Russian блоки́ровать, заблоки́ровать
- блоки́ровать (blokírovatʹ)(transitive) to completely block or obstruct
- заблоки́ровать (zablokírovatʹ)(transitive) to completely block or obstruct
- загроможда́ть (zagromoždátʹ)(transitive) to completely block or obstruct
- загромозди́ть (zagromozdítʹ)(transitive) to completely block or obstruct
- блоки́роваться (blokírovatʹsja)(intransitive) to be completely blocked or obstructed
- заблоки́роваться (zablokírovatʹsja)(intransitive) to be completely blocked or obstructed
Cite this entry
block up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/block%20up
“block up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/block%20up. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “block up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/block%20up.
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