blockee

English

Etymology

From block +‎ -ee.

Noun

blockee (plural blockees)

1. (rare) One who, or that which, is blocked.
   • 1992, Jane Dentinger, Dead Pan:

     O'Roarke thought Gabby's observation was fairly accurate, more accurate than she intended since she, herself, was also among the blockees.

   • 2003, Thomas Kyte, Effective Oracle by design:

     This is an artificial deadlock situation, where the blocker cannot free the blockees, since the blockees have all of the shared servers tied up.