to close or block a road etc., using a barricade
to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port
A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
A place of confrontation.
To remove a blockage by suction.
To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water).
The act of plunging or submerging.
The act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.