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Blocker

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Blocker can mean any of the following:


  • Blocker (ice hockey equipment)
  • The nickname of former Balmain and Australia rugby league prop Steve Roach
  • Slang for a defensive-minded batsman in cricket
  • In optics, the inverse of a filter. Instead of blocking everything like a filter does, it lets everything else pass and blocks only the things specified.
  • Technology which blocks telecommunications[1].
  • A glove used by a goaltender in hockey

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