blocky

blocky

English

Etymology

    From block + -y.

    Pronunciation

    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈblɑk.i/
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈblɒk.i/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɒki

    Adjective

    blocky (comparative blockier, superlative blockiest)

    1. Resembling a block in shape.
      The oldest video games had crude, blocky graphics.
      • 2022 May 20, ISP, quoting iSorrowproductions, What Happens When You Randomise EVERYTHING In Minecraft[1]:
        So, per se, you've been launched into a blocky world, where a seed has been generated and every block no longer gives what it usually does in the old Minecraft.

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