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 or browsers with inside blocking. Hist ...

, software for removing or altering online advertising *

Microphone blocker A microphone blocker is an Adapter (computing), adapter designed to prevent eavesdropping. There are two types: active blockers which conduct an electrical signal, and inactive ones which do not. Smartphone incompatibility Microphone blockers, i ...

, 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 t ...

s, also known as testosterone blockers, a class of drugs that suppress 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 rec ...

, 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 cr ...

, slang for a defensive-minded batsman in cricket *

Blocker (ice hockey) The goalie blocker is a rectangular piece of equipment worn by goaltenders in the sports of ice hockey, roller hockey, rink hockey, broomball, and ringette. It is generally worn on the dominant hand. This article deals chiefly with blockers worn b ...

* Blocker, a position in

roller derby Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played on an oval track by two teams of five skaters. It is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leaguesA Roller Derby league is synonymous with an individual club or team in other team sports, as ...

* 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), 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. He made thirty-nine representative appearances for the ...

(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, E ...

, 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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