n.
1.a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
2.a barrier (usually thrown up hastily so as to impede the advance of an enemy) barricade v.
1.render unsuitable for passage
2.prevent access to by barricading
3.block off with barricades
Idiom of the Day
get an earful
to hear much talk or criticism or complaints about something
Our boss got an earful when he asked the employees if they had any complaints.
