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English

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Alternative forms

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• cock block

Etymology

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From rhyming compound of cock +‎ block; likely a back-formation from cockblocker. First use appears c. 1972. See cite below.

Pronunciation

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• Audio (General Australian):

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Verb

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cockblock (third-person singular simple present cockblocks, present participle cockblocking, simple past and past participle cockblocked)

1. (vulgar, slang, originally African-American Vernacular) To make or attempt to make another's intended goal of romantic relationship or sexual intercourse impossible.
   • [1972, Edith Folb, A Comparative Study of Urban Black Argot: Final Report‎[1], page 135:[T]o COCK BLOCK: to interfere with a male's attempt to 'win over' a female, even if the other male is not interested in the female himself.]
   • 1986, A. R. Flowers, De mojo blues: de quest of HighJohn de conqueror‎[2], page 94:Excitement surged through him and his groin tingled tight. He heard himself growling low in his throat. At his stop he considered staying on. Maybe she would get off without the dude. Cockblocking chump motherfucker.
2. (by extension) To prevent someone from achieving a goal, aggressively getting in the way (e.g., an intentionally difficult level of a video game).

Translations

[edit] to make or attempt to make another's intended goal of sexual intercourse impossible.

Portuguese: empatar (pt) (Brazil) Spanish: cortar el rollo Swedish: snoppstoppa

Noun

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cockblock (plural cockblocks)

1. (vulgar, slang) The act of cockblocking.
2. (vulgar, slang) A person who cockblocks.

Derived terms

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• cockblocker
• cock blocker
• cockblocking

Translations

[edit] one who cockblocks

Czech: kazišuk (cs) m, křen (cs) m Portuguese: empata-foda (pt), empata-fodas Spanish: cortarrollos m or f

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• For quotations using this term, see Citations:cockblock.

Further reading

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• cockblock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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