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noun a wedge or block of wood, metal, or the like, for filling in a space, holding an object steady, etc.
Nautical . any of various heavy metal fittings on a deck or wharf that serve as fairleads for cables or chains. a shaped support or cradle for a ship's boat, barrel, etc. a small wooden piece or timber for filling a gap, reinforcing an angle, etc., in a wooden vessel. Metalworking . a bearing supporting the end of a rolling mill.
Mining . a roof support made of cribbing filled with stones. Compare cog3 (def. 2).
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used with object) to furnish with or secure by a chock or chocks.
Nautical . to place (a boat) upon chocks.
adverb as close or tight as possible: chock against the edge.
Origin of chock Middle English <Anglo-French choque (compare modern Picard choke big log, Normandy dial. chouque ), Old French çoche (French soche ); of uncertain origin
Words nearby chock choanoflagellate, Choate, choc., choccy, choc-ice, chock , chockablock, chocker, chock-full, chockstone, choco
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According to the channel, the new, Western-friendly government in Kiev is chock full of fascists and neo-Nazis.
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The problem is, Europe seems to be chock full of unique, one time problems with its banking system.
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Beyond Tosh, the year was chock full of rape jokes, many of them baffling.
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And about daylight we'd have the horses out, lift back the rail, and fit in the chock that we'd knocked out.
Children of the Bush | Henry Lawson
Chock —chock —chock —such a lot of kisses, and both arms round his neck.
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Pass the cat-stopper through the ring of the anchor, through the chock , belay it to the cat-tail, and seize it to its own part.
The Seaman's Friend | Richard Henry Dana
I holler loud as I can and nex' mornin' my stockin' chock full.
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I am chock full of beautiful and noble thoughts, and I want to stop like it, because it feels nice and good.
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British Dictionary definitions for chock noun a block or wedge of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
nautical a fairlead consisting of a ringlike device with an opening at the top through which a rope is placed a cradle-like support for a boat, barrel, etc mountaineering See nut (def. 10)
verb (tr) (usually foll by up) British to cram full chocked up with newspapers
to fit with or secure by a chock
to support (a boat, barrel, etc) on chocks
SEE MORE SEE LESS adverb as closely or tightly as possible chock against the wall
Word Origin for chock C17: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Old French çoche log; compare Provençal soca tree stump
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Words related to chock crowded, jammed, overflowing, stuffed, wrapped, loaded, filled, congested, arranged, overloaded, jam-packed, swarming, chunk, lade, stuff, pile, carry, cram, pack, stack