Blocking
Check
Check noun - The amount owed at a bar or restaurant or the slip of paper stating the amount.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- If a player merely moves a friendly piece to block the attempt on their king, the attacker can immediately capture it, reasserting the original check and blocking the attempted counterattack (thus, not a checkmate).
Source: Surprise Checkmate -
It also plays during the sequence in "Squid's Day Off" where we see Squidward going insane and blocking off his door to his house to prevent him from going back to the Krusty Krab to check up on Spongebob.
Source: Scare Chord
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Check and Blocking. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/blocking/check
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Check or Blocking. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/blocking/check.
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