unblock
/ʌnˈblɒk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
In whist, to throw away a high card so as not to interrupt one's partner's long suit.
Intransitive verb
verb
To enable communication again, via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with (somebody previously blocked).
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "We need a plumber to unblock the sink."
- "During this period, Network Rail was able to unblock a culvert and stabilise a high-risk landslip at Beattock, and to stabilise a high-risk landslip site at Ravenstruther (near Carstairs)."
- "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."
- "Look for every opportunity to create an entry to the weak hand. Spectacular unblocks are often needed."
- "Control messages, such as requests/forwards/unblocks, are often shorter as they need to carry the address and some header information, while data messages, such as responses, are cache-line sized with some extra header information."
Etymology
From un- + block.