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Pronunciation: [bˈɒkɪŋ] (IPA)

Bocking, the act of blocking or obstructing something, can be described using various synonyms to add more depth and meaning to the term. Some commonly used synonyms for "bocking" include hindering, impeding, obstructing, stopping, thwarting, and jamming. To hamper or hinder the progress of something is to pose an obstacle or impediment in it. Obstructing is another term to describe blocking which means to physically or partially block the way. To stop something from progressing or continuing can be best described as thwarting. Lastly, jamming means the act of preventing something from moving with ease by placing it in a tightly packed space so that it becomes immobile.
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Still was the son of a Lincolnshire gentleman, is supposed to have been born about 1543, was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, and after a course of preferment through the positions of parish priest in London and at Hadleigh, Dean of Bocking, Canon of Westminster, Master successively of St. John's and Trinity, and Vice-Chancellor of his own University, was at the beginning of 1593 made Bishop of Bath and Wells, an office which he held for fifteen years.
"A History of English Literature Elizabethan Literature"
George Saintsbury
He then went to Braintree, Bocking, Westerfield, and over the downs to Cambridge, and, still pursuing the cross roads, he went to Huntingdon, where he again rested about half an hour.
"Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom"
Samuel Griswold Goodrich

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