Block
Block verb - Be unable to remember.
Usage example: You are blocking the name of your first wife!
Think
Think verb - Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.
Usage example: I can't think what her last name was
Nearby Word: thinking
How words are described
| old | old block | old think |
| good | good block | good think |
| special | special block | special think |
| long | long block | long think |
| Other adjectives: normal, short, original, single, entire, massive, big, wrong, secret, new, former, last, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Pausing results in all the blocks to be obscured from the playfield and the "next block" window(s) to be blanked out, so you get no extra time to think over where to put the next block.
Source: Pause Scumming -
And Kelly mentions a couple of times that she would block her Telepathy if she knew how, as she hates hearing what people think about her.
Source: I Just Want to Be Normal -
Hollywood Hacking: Every now and again, you're assaulted by a hacker that you can block with certain minigames, and did you really think the hacking/counter-hacking would be remotely realistic?
Source: Videogame / Welcome To The Game
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