blocklist
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (General American): (file)
Noun
blocklist (plural blocklists)
- (computing) A list of websites or other material to be blocked.
- Every time I get spam in my inbox, I add the sender to my blocklist.
- (computing) A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned.
Usage notes
This term and denylist are advocated for by some who claim that the term blacklist is objectionable.
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Translations
list of websites or other material to be blocked
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list or set of people or entities to be banned
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Verb
blocklist (third-person singular simple present blocklists, present participle blocklisting, simple past and past participle blocklisted)
- (transitive) To place on a blocklist; to mark a person or entity as one to be blocked