cockblocker

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noun

One who cockblocks; one who impedes the sexual advances of another, usually a man.

Scrabble 27

Meanings

nouncockblocker (plural cockblockers)

plural cockblockers · alternative cock blocker

  1. slangvulgarOne who cockblocks; one who impedes the sexual advances of another, usually a man.

    He signaled for me to come over, but I was no cockblocker or third party, so I didn't move.

    2006, Ajai, Indiscretions of the Heart, page 4
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    If you spread the story you're Leslie's old man, and somebody finds out you're not climbing in her back pocket, you'll find out that ten times worse than being the greasiest stoolie in the world is being a jailhouse cock-blocker.

    1971, Frank Hilaire, Thanatos, page 142

    "What do you think of Nova?" "Well ... I guess you could say he's a cockblocker." "Shep, we don't use words like cockblocker." "Fine, then he's a ... chiseler."

    2005, Erik Barmack, The Virgin: A Novel, page 71

    Why are those on the cockblocker bandwagon so desperate to keep these two chaps from getting it on with one another either atop the Edwardian rug or in the Technicolor-ish hay?

    2007, Joseph Lanza, Phallic Frenzy: Ken Russell and His Films, page 80

    Tell you what, I'll take one for the team and charm the cockblocker, and you can have your pick.

    2008, Jonathan Segura, Occupational Hazards, page 92

    Let me tell you something, there ain't no cockblocker like a British cockblocker. Spent three months over there in the service and every night you'd have to wade through about fifty of them to talk to one of the local gals.

    2009, Inman Majors, The Millionaires: a Novel of the New South, page 328

Origin

From cock + blocker. First use appears c. 1971. See cite below.

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APA

cockblocker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cockblocker

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“cockblocker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cockblocker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cockblocker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cockblocker.

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