Blocker may also refer to:

Computing

Ad blocker Ad blocking or ad filtering is a software capability for blocking or altering online advertising in a web browser, an application or a network. This may be done using browser extensions or other methods. Technologies and native countermeasures ...

, software for removing or altering online advertising *

Microphone blocker A microphone blocker is a phone microphone connector used to trick feature phones that have a physical microphone switch to disconnect the microphone. Microphone blockers won't operate on smartphones or laptops because the microphone is controlle ...

, a connector used to trick feature phones to disconnect the microphone

Medicine

Antiandrogen Antiandrogens, also known as androgen antagonists or testosterone blockers, are a class of drugs that prevent androgens like testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) from mediating their biological effects in the body. They act by blocking the ...

s, also known as testosterone blockers, a class of drugs that supress the actions of androgens *

Receptor antagonist A receptor antagonist is a type of receptor ligand or drug that blocks or dampens a biological response by binding to and blocking a receptor rather than activating it like an agonist. Antagonist drugs interfere in the natural operation of rece ...

, sometimes called a blocker, in medicine a type of receptor ligand or drug that blocks or dampens a biological response

Sports

Blocker (cricket) This is a general glossary of the terminology used in the sport of cricket. Where words in a sentence are also defined elsewhere in this article, they appear in italics. Certain aspects of cricket terminology are explained in more detail in c ...

, slang for a defensive-minded batsman in cricket *

Blocker (ice hockey) Blocker may also refer to: Computing * Ad blocker, software for removing or altering online advertising * Microphone blocker, a connector used to trick feature phones to disconnect the microphone Medicine * Antiandrogens, also known as testoste ...

* Blocker, a position in

roller derby Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played by two teams of fifteen members. Roller derby is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues worldwide, mostly in the United States. Game play consists of a series of short scrimmages (jam ...

* Blocker, a position in

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

Blocker (beach volleyball) Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ...

, a position in beach volleyball *

Steve Roach (rugby league) Stephen David Roach (born 24 April 1962), nicknamed Blocker or Blocker Roach, is an Australian former professional rugby league who played as a prop forward in the 1980s and early 1990s. His most famous catchphrase is “Big Boppa” He made ...

(born 1962), Australian rugby league footballer nicknamed "Blocker"

Fiction

* Blocker (''G.I. Joe''), a fictional character in the ''G.I. Joe'' universe * ''Blockers'' (film), a 2018 film

Other uses

* Blocker (surname) *

Blocker, Oklahoma Blocker is an unincorporated community located on State Highway 31 in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. The post office opened April 26, 1905. The ZIP code is 74529. The community is said to have been named for a local coal dealer, Ead ...

, an unincorporated community *

Blocker corporation A blocker corporation is a type of C Corporation in the United States that has been used by tax exempt individuals to protect their investments from taxation when they participate in private equity or with hedge funds. In addition to tax exempt in ...

, a type of C Corporation in the US

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