α. 1900s– chocka, 1900s– chocker, 1900s– chokka, 1900s– chokker.
β. 1900s– chockers.
单词 | chocker |
释义 | chockeradj.α. 1900s– chocka, 1900s– chocker, 1900s– chokka, 1900s– chokker. β. 1900s– chockers. colloquial. Chiefly in predicative use. 1. British (originally Nautical slang). Fed up, dissatisfied, annoyed. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] irk1303 tedious1430 irksome1435 irked1513 ennuyé1757 seccatored1763 yawny1805 bored1823 used up1839 yawnish1855 fed up1900 fed to the (back) teeth1921 browned off1938 brassed1941 cheesed1941 chocker1942 pissy1962 1942 Gen 1 Sept. 13/1 When Jenny the Wren is fed up with the world she is ‘chokker’. 1945 ‘Tackline’ Holiday Sailor xiv. 142 Says she's chocka with being blonde, and she'll be brown again by the time I see her. 1992 T. Davies Modest Pageant 171 Oh, I'm dead chokka! Cook, wash, clean—that's all I do. 2001 K. Sampson Outlaws (2002) 235 Coley's going to be chocker when he reads about it, but that's all gone now. 2. Completely full; crammed with; (also) crowded close together; = chock-a-block adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full fullOE chargedc1400 repletec1405 replesheda1450 gretfulc1540 torc1540 replenished1548 freight1565 freighted1567 implete1568 chocker1956 1956 A. W. Upfield Man of Two Tribes xxvi. 215 More flatfoots arriving. The place will be chocker with 'em in a minute. 1969 D. Hurd & A. Osmond Smile on Face of Tiger v. 154 This Indian chap..has a shop... Place is chockers with silk. 1986 ‘D. Dunant’ Intensive Care vi. 48 The place is chocka with people. 1992 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 11 Aug. Traffic was chokka. Cars were queued up stationary along the motorway. 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 22 In Mum's room there's a biscuit tin chocker with different perfumes which I bring down for a testing session. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). chockerv. Cards. transitive. In a game of patience: to prevent (a card or sequence of cards) from being available for use; to prevent (a player) from making a move; to block. Usually in passive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > patience or solitaire > [verb (transitive)] > block or obstruct block1884 chocker1887 1887 M. W. Jones Games of Patience 20 Care and judgment are required here, not to place a card which will chocker the one below it. 1887 M. W. Jones Games of Patience 47 You are, in Patience parlance, ‘chockered’. 1917 E. Bergholt 2nd New Bk. Patience Games (ed. 2) xv. 87 Without spaces, since only one card at a time can be transferred, you will find yourself speedily ‘chockered’. 1976 D. Parlett Patience Games 4/2 A card or sequence of cards is blocked (or ‘chockered’) if it cannot legally be taken because it is covered by some other card that must be taken first. Derivatives ˈchockering n. rare the fact of being chockered. ΚΠ 1887 M. W. Jones Games of Patience 9 If the cards come out unfavourably, you often have to put high upon low ones, at the imminent peril of chockering. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1942v.1887 |
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