Declairing blocks in Objective-C As a local variable: returnType (^blockName)(parameterTypes) = ^returnType(parameters) {...}; As a property: @property (nonatomic, copy, nullability) returnType (^blockName)(parameterTypes); As a method parameter: - (void)someMethodThatTakesABlock:(returnType (^nullability)(parameterTypes))blockName; As an argument to a method call: [someObject someMethodThatTakesABlock:^returnType (parameters) {...}]; As a typedef: typedef returnType (^TypeName)(parameterTypes); TypeName blockName = ^returnType(parameters) {...}; from: http://fuckingblocksyntax.com or: http://goshdarnblocksyntax.com