cross-blocking

noun

: mechanical thinning of sugar beets or other crops with an implement carrying knives or sweeps driven across the rows

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Rhymes for cross-blocking

• restocking
• sleepwalking
• unlocking
• blocking
• caulking
• chalking
• clocking
• cocking
• docking
• flocking
• gawking
• knocking