chock-fulladj.

Brit.

/ˌtʃɒkˈfʊl/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɑkˈˌfʊl/

Forms:

α. Middle English chokke-full, 1700s chocque-full, 1700s– chock-full, 1800s chock-ful, 1900s– choc-ful, 2000s– choc-full.

β. Middle English cheke-full.

γ. 1600s–1800s choke-full, 1900s– choke-ful, 1600s–1800s choak-full, 1800s choak-ful.

δ. chiefly English regional and U.S. regional 1700s– chuck-full, 1900s– chuck-ful, 1900s– chuck-vull (Devon).

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: choke v., full adj.

Etymology: Probably < choke v. + full adj. (with an underlying sense ‘full to the point of choking’), in later use (especially in α. forms) probably reinforced by association with chock n.¹ and chock v.¹ With forms in -ful compare -ful suffix. The word is first attested in two different forms (cheke-full at β. forms and chokke-full at α. forms) in the same northern Middle English source. With this pair compare the Middle English form cheke and the Older Scots form chock at choke v. It is next attested in the 17th cent., initially in the γ. forms (implying a long vowel), and choke-full was still favoured as headword form in 19th-century British dictionaries. North-American dictionaries of the same period more commonly used chock-full (compare α. forms). N.E.D. (1889) notes that in spoken use, forms with the short vowel were also most common in Britain. With the Middle English quotations, the semantic pair cheek n. and choke n.¹ (with its rare Older Scots variant chokke (15th cent.)) has also been compared. A suggested derivation from the Middle English verb chok v. (with short vowel) cannot account for the form cheke-full.

Full to capacity; crammed or packed full (of or occasionally with something). Chiefly in predicative use.

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the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > full to the brim

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α.

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 1552 (MED) Charottez chokkefull charegyde with golde.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. cxi. 289 Stow thyself chocque-full of the best liquor in the land.

1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. 153 With a head chock-full of these impertinences.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 106 Chock-full o' fight I guess.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. i. 7 Though you may be chock full of science.

1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 79 Gardens..chockfull of flowers.

1880 Punch 15 Mar. 124/2 Speeches..chockful of puerile insolence.

1917 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Mar. 46 (advt.) The life that is daily chock full of healthy activity, wholesome fun and lots of fresh air.

1994 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 19 Jan. 1 d His already chock-full schedule has had to make room for more.

2010 C. Seife Proofiness vii. 201 The justice system can't be totally free of lies and distortions; after all, courts are chock-full of lawyers.

β. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 3604 (MED) [Ships] charggede evyn chekefull of cheualrous knyghtes.γ. 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 101 The Bay..fild choke-full.1691 A. Brown Vindicatory Schedule xi. 144 The whole Veins being choak full, by the resistance & contranitence of the venal against the arterial Blood.1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile IV. 549 Filling them [sc. the skins] choak-full..was the only way to be certain if they were water-tight.c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches VI. 272 Full of visitors; choke full of them.1831 W. S. Landor Coronation in Wks. (1846) II. 611 Catafalcs, choak-full and mountains-high.1856 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 296 We have a house choke full.1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 122 Chests choakful with gold.1880 Punch 9 Feb. 64/2 It is..choke-full every night.1934 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Grey Granite iv. 243 You were awful proud of her but wished to hell she wouldn't scream as though her throat were chokeful up of old razor blades.1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! xxxix. 374 I saw..a runaway train of thought, its compartments chokeful of cockamamie notions.δ. 1731 E. Cooke Hist. Nathaniel Bacon's Rebellion iii. in Maryland Muse (ed. 3) i. 14/2 With Men 'tixt Decks, and Arms i'th Hold, Chuck-full, like Grecian Horse of Old.1770 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 559 He is Drunk..Top-heavy, Chuck full, Hocky, etc.a1816 R. Sheridan in Sheridaniana (1826) 280 You can't stick a pin's head in any part of it [sc. Drury Lane Theatre]—it is literally chuck full.1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 598 Volumes..chuck full of droll little pieces.1868 Putnam's Mag. Dec. 672/2 These prairies are nature's banks, stuffed chuck full of cash.1893 W. K. Post Harvard Stories 31 The public wards are chuck-full.1912 A. Berkman Prison Mem. Anarchist ii. x. 172 The dump's chuckful of punks. It's done in every prison, an' on th' road, everywhere.1929 Minnesota Alumni Weekly 1 June 619 She sent us a letter just chuck full of interesting news items.1993 Fort Collins (Colorado) Triangle Rev. 25 Mar. 15/1 Colorado is chuck full of non-indigenous species of flora and fauna.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	chock-full
释义	chock-fulladj. Brit. /ˌtʃɒkˈfʊl/, U.S. /ˈtʃɑkˈˌfʊl/ Forms: α. Middle English chokke-full, 1700s chocque-full, 1700s– chock-full, 1800s chock-ful, 1900s– choc-ful, 2000s– choc-full. β. Middle English cheke-full. γ. 1600s–1800s choke-full, 1900s– choke-ful, 1600s–1800s choak-full, 1800s choak-ful. δ. chiefly English regional and U.S. regional 1700s– chuck-full, 1900s– chuck-ful, 1900s– chuck-vull (Devon). Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: choke v., full adj. Etymology: Probably < choke v. + full adj. (with an underlying sense ‘full to the point of choking’), in later use (especially in α. forms) probably reinforced by association with chock n.¹ and chock v.¹ With forms in -ful compare -ful suffix. The word is first attested in two different forms (cheke-full at β. forms and chokke-full at α. forms) in the same northern Middle English source. With this pair compare the Middle English form cheke and the Older Scots form chock at choke v. It is next attested in the 17th cent., initially in the γ. forms (implying a long vowel), and choke-full was still favoured as headword form in 19th-century British dictionaries. North-American dictionaries of the same period more commonly used chock-full (compare α. forms). N.E.D. (1889) notes that in spoken use, forms with the short vowel were also most common in Britain. With the Middle English quotations, the semantic pair cheek n. and choke n.¹ (with its rare Older Scots variant chokke (15th cent.)) has also been compared. A suggested derivation from the Middle English verb chok v. (with short vowel) cannot account for the form cheke-full. Full to capacity; crammed or packed full (of or occasionally with something). Chiefly in predicative use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > full to the brim brerd-fullc1000 bret-fullc1200 staff-fulla1400 chock-fullc1440 brimful1530 brink-full1553 top-full1553 brim-charged1582 bankfullc1600 crowned1603 full-brimmed1614 brimmed1624 teemful1673 brimming1697 stock-full1782 throat-fulla1800 jam-full1835 cram-full1837 stodge-full1847 chockc1850 top-filled1860 α. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 1552 (MED) Charottez chokkefull charegyde with golde. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. cxi. 289 Stow thyself chocque-full of the best liquor in the land. 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. 153 With a head chock-full of these impertinences. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 106 Chock-full o' fight I guess. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. i. 7 Though you may be chock full of science. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 79 Gardens..chockfull of flowers. 1880 Punch 15 Mar. 124/2 Speeches..chockful of puerile insolence. 1917 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Mar. 46 (advt.) The life that is daily chock full of healthy activity, wholesome fun and lots of fresh air. 1994 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 19 Jan. 1 d His already chock-full schedule has had to make room for more. 2010 C. Seife Proofiness vii. 201 The justice system can't be totally free of lies and distortions; after all, courts are chock-full of lawyers. β. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 3604 (MED) [Ships] charggede evyn chekefull of cheualrous knyghtes.γ. 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 101 The Bay..fild choke-full.1691 A. Brown Vindicatory Schedule xi. 144 The whole Veins being choak full, by the resistance & contranitence of the venal against the arterial Blood.1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile IV. 549 Filling them [sc. the skins] choak-full..was the only way to be certain if they were water-tight.c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches VI. 272 Full of visitors; choke full of them.1831 W. S. Landor Coronation in Wks. (1846) II. 611 Catafalcs, choak-full and mountains-high.1856 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 296 We have a house choke full.1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 122 Chests choakful with gold.1880 Punch 9 Feb. 64/2 It is..choke-full every night.1934 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Grey Granite iv. 243 You were awful proud of her but wished to hell she wouldn't scream as though her throat were chokeful up of old razor blades.1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! xxxix. 374 I saw..a runaway train of thought, its compartments chokeful of cockamamie notions.δ. 1731 E. Cooke Hist. Nathaniel Bacon's Rebellion iii. in Maryland Muse (ed. 3) i. 14/2 With Men 'tixt Decks, and Arms i'th Hold, Chuck-full, like Grecian Horse of Old.1770 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 559 He is Drunk..Top-heavy, Chuck full, Hocky, etc.a1816 R. Sheridan in Sheridaniana (1826) 280 You can't stick a pin's head in any part of it [sc. Drury Lane Theatre]—it is literally chuck full.1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 598 Volumes..chuck full of droll little pieces.1868 Putnam's Mag. Dec. 672/2 These prairies are nature's banks, stuffed chuck full of cash.1893 W. K. Post Harvard Stories 31 The public wards are chuck-full.1912 A. Berkman Prison Mem. Anarchist ii. x. 172 The dump's chuckful of punks. It's done in every prison, an' on th' road, everywhere.1929 Minnesota Alumni Weekly 1 June 619 She sent us a letter just chuck full of interesting news items.1993 Fort Collins (Colorado) Triangle Rev. 25 Mar. 15/1 Colorado is chuck full of non-indigenous species of flora and fauna. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1440
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