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Naija

Alternative forms

  • warden 0.77 5, ijegun 0.75 10, lagos-badagry 0.74 6, kaduna-abuja 0.74 9, ojota 0.73 15, principality 0.71 5, zuba 0.71 16, creek 0.71 13, neighbourhood 0.71 13

Etymology

etymology:English - blocking

Pronunciation

  • blɔ́kîn

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 7
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 9684

The word is used more in written texts than orally.


Noun

blocking: a bribe -- Definition in Naija?


  1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
    E dey block dey pass exam.  — (He/she bribes in order to pass exam.)

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • warden 0.77 5, ijegun 0.75 10, lagos-badagry 0.74 6, kaduna-abuja 0.74 9, ojota 0.73 15, principality 0.71 5, zuba 0.71 16, creek 0.71 13, neighbourhood 0.71 13

Antonyms

  • warden 0.77 5, ijegun 0.75 10, lagos-badagry 0.74 6, kaduna-abuja 0.74 9, ojota 0.73 15, principality 0.71 5, zuba 0.71 16, creek 0.71 13, neighbourhood 0.71 13

Translations

  • English: a bribe