reblock

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verb

To block, prevent, or hamper again.

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Meanings

verbreblock (third-person singular simple present reblocks, present participle reblocking, simple past and past participle reblocked)

present singular third person reblocks · participle present reblocking · participle past reblocked · past reblocked

  1. transitiveTo block, prevent, or hamper again.

    It is not just bad news about Dubai that gets blocked from the Internet; […] a whole range of other social networking sites have been blocked, unblocked and reblocked.

    2010, Syed Ali, Dubai: gilded cage, page 58
  2. transitiveTo remould (a hat) into its original shape.

    Reputable dry cleaners can clean and reblock a hat.

    1951, Bernice Gertrude Chambers, Color and design: fashion in men's and women's clothing and home furnishings
  3. transitiveentertainmentTo block, or specify the position of, (actors on the stage) again.

    In less than five hours the actors will perform the ballroom scene, rewritten and reblocked.

    2013, Susan Letzler Cole, Playwrights in Rehearsal: The Seduction of Company, page 81

Origin

From re- + block.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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