cockblock

English

verb
Definitions
  • (vulgar) To make or attempt to make another's intended goal of sexual intercourse impossible.
  • (vulgar) To prevent someone from achieving a goal, aggressively getting in the way (e.g. an intentionally difficult level of video game).

Etymology

Compound from English cock (penis, male domestic chicken, a shock pile of grain, diminutive suffix, male, a roundish heap, rooster) + English block (block of flats, n).

Origin

English

block

Gloss

block of flats, n

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