different between clocker vs blocker

English

Etymology

clock +? -er

Pronunciation

Noun

clocker (plural clockers)

1. A person who clocks (illegally winds back the milometer of) a motor car
2. (slang) A low-level drug dealer who operates on the streets.
3. (Scotland, dated) A clucking hen.

Anagrams

• cockler, reclock

English

Etymology

From Middle English blocker, blokker, bloker, blokkere, equivalent to block +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?k?(r)

Noun

blocker (plural blockers)

1. Agent noun of block; something that blocks something else.
   1. (card games) A playing card, needed by one player, that is held by another.
   2. (poker) A blocker bet.
   3. A close-fitting rectangular glove worn by a goalie in multiple forms of hockey.
   4. (sports) One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent.
   5. (computing) One who prevents another user from contacting them electronically.
      • 2013, Elizabeth Laugeson, The Science of Making Friends

        Likewise, any connections shared between your child (the blocker) and the user being blocked will also be broken.

   6. (marketing) A gatekeeper who refuses the marketer access to the person they wish to contact.
      • 1992, Joan Guiducci, Joan Guiducci's power calling (page 49)

        Sometimes your sales progress skids to a halt. We've all met more blockers than we'd care to. Some are assigned by the company to filter services […]

   7. A person who blocks hats.
      • 2019, John B. Simon, Strangers in a Stranger Land (page 218)

        Because in 1937 Benjamin is still an apprentice, he remains bound to the Eastern Finland Hat Factory. […] Benjamin now does much of the same work as the master cutters and blockers and enjoys their grudging approval of his skills.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• brockle, reblock