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91block n — 1) A boy who looked like his father the sculptor was a chip off the old block. 2) When the artist tried to draw a cube he had a mental block …
92block something off — the bridge was blocked off Syn: close up, shut off, seal off, barricade, bar, obstruct …
93block party — an outdoor festival, usually held in a closed off city street, often to raise money for a local organization or for a block association. * * * …
94block out — Synonyms and related words: adumbrate, block in, brief, carve, cast, chalk out, characterize, chisel, close, create, cut, delineate, detail, draft, efform, enumerate, fashion, figure, fix, forge, form, formalize, found, frame, hew, itemize, knead …
95block-to-block time — The total elapsed time from chocks off to chocks on (i.e., elapsed time from leaving the departure ramp for the purpose of flying to reaching the arrival ramp) …
96block dump — noun A small image that contains the sectors read off the original disc, during a computing process. It includes all the data the emulator reads off the original ISO image, and is used in problem solving by developers …
97off one's block / chump / crust / head / nut / onion — adj mad, crazy. These phrases are all elabo rations of the well established colloquial ism, off one s head (heard since the mid 19th century). The terms are some times extended to mean intoxicated by drugs or drink, more usually denoted by… …
98off one's trolley — adj British deranged, unstable, crazy. A variation on the off one s block theme, which has been popular in British speech since the 1970s. The original image evoked may be of a child losing control of a cart or scooter, or of a patient falling… …
99ˌblock sth ˈoff — phrasal verb to cover or close something completely so that nothing can move through it Snow had blocked off several streets.[/ex] …
100block stowage loading — A method of loading whereby all cargo for a specific destination is stowed together. The purpose is to facilitate rapid off loading at the destination, with the least possible disturbance of cargo intended for other points. See also loading …
