roadblock en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From road + block.
Meanings
- Something that blocks or obstructs a road.
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(figuratively) An obstacle or impediment.
[…] let’s get back to Earl, who had run into a roadblock in his desire to administer wedgies. As it turns out, underpants didn’t exist in the 18th century and without underpants, the whole wedgie business becomes a problem.
2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Toys for kinky girls and boys—It’s not just whips and chains anymore.” (chapter 3), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 53:America’s jobs recovery hit a major roadblock in August as the Delta variant threatened the labor market recovery, and the US economy added far fewer jobs than expected.
2021 September 3, Anneken Tappe, “The August jobs numbers have economists worried. Here’s why”, in CNN:to hit roadblocks
Over the past decade, the products hit roadblocks. Siri ran into technological hurdles, including clunky code that took weeks to update with basic features, said John Burkey, a former Apple engineer who worked on the assistant.
2023 March 15, Brian X. Chen, Nico Grant, Karen Weise, “How Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant Lost the A.I. Race”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:Transgender people face roadblocks in accessing healthcare, and it’s not going away even after archaic rules denying healthcare access to transgender people are lifted and more of us become insured.
2015 September 16, Andy Marra, “Many trans people still are denied healthcare because of their identity”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| roadblocks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
hitch · bump in the road · stumbling block · obstruction · impediment · bar · barrier · encumbrance · roadblock · obstacle · hurdle · bone in the throat · hindrance · drag
Translations (47)
cs silniční zátaras (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · fi hidaste (An obstacle or impediment) · es retén (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · id rintangan (An obstacle or impediment) · nb vegsperring (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · ja 道路封鎖 (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · fi este (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · ajp حاجز (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · it blocco stradale (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · ar حَاجِز (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · ru препо́на (An obstacle or impediment) · pl przeszkoda (An obstacle or impediment) · nl tegenwerkende factor (An obstacle or impediment) · eo baraĵo (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · nn vegsperring (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · de Hindernis (An obstacle or impediment) · ru блокпо́ст (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · he מחסום (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · nb veisperring (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · nl wegversperring (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · es barricada viaria (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · de Wegversperrung (An obstacle or impediment) · pl blokada (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · fi este (An obstacle or impediment) · sv vägspärr (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · ro blocaj (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · id pembatas jalan (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · es barrera vial (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · eo barilo (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · de Straßensperre (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · nl wegblokkade (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · de Absperrung (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · fi tiesulku (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · ms sekatan jalan raya (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · ru препя́тствие (An obstacle or impediment) · ru загражде́ние (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · nl versperring (An obstacle or impediment) · vi rào chắn (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · id sekatan jalan raya (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · nl obstakel (An obstacle or impediment) · ms sekatan (An obstacle or impediment) · cmn 路障 (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · ru поме́ха (An obstacle or impediment) · fr barrage routier (Something that blocks or obstructs a road) · ms halangan (An obstacle or impediment) · id halangan (An obstacle or impediment) · es barrera (An obstacle or impediment)