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[ chok-fool, chuhk- ] / ˈtʃɒkˈfʊl, ˈtʃʌk- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR chock-full ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivefull to the limit; crammed. Also chock-ful, chuck-full, choke-full. Origin of chock-full1350–1400; Middle English chokke-fulle, equivalent to chokke (< ?) + fullefull1 Words nearby chock-fullchoccy, choc-ice, chock, chockablock, chocker, chock-full, chockstone, choco, chocoholic, chocolate, chocolate-box Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for chock-fullAfter a decade of managing the Borden home, Wilber is chock-full of stories of hauntings and paranormal sightings. Would You Stay in Lizzie Borden’s Ax-Murder House?|Nina Strochlic|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST The audience was chock-full of the influential and influencers. Gay Activist David Mixner: I Mercy Killed 8 People|Tim Teeman|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST The premise is this: turkey is chock-full of a soporific essential amino acid, tryptophan, one of the 22 essential amino acids. Eat Turkey All You Want! It’s Not Going to Put You to Sleep|Kent Sepkowitz|November 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST The car is chock-full of safety features, apparently in response to high numbers of fatalities on Libyan roads. Muammar Gaddafi's 25 Strangest Moments|David A. Graham|February 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST
But when a fellow's heart is chock-full, it's hard to shut down on it sometimes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865|Various When I see the fat envelopes coming I know they're going to be chock-full of the things I've happened to be thinking about. The Tree of Heaven|May Sinclair "Seems to me this buildin' is chock-full of referees," said he. The Croxley Master: A Great Tale Of The Prize Ring|Arthur Conan Doyle And I'm a fool—and a slob—and a mutt-head—even when I'm not chock-full of lightning, as you call it! Little Eve Edgarton|Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Was she not, rather, clever, chock-full of the secret wisdom and the secret cruelty of sex? The Tree of Heaven|May Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for chock-fullchock-fullchoke-full or chuck-full
adjective(postpositive) completely full Word Origin for chock-fullC17 choke-full; see choke, full Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to chock-fullbrimming, bursting, overcrowded, overflowing, packed, stuffed, chock-a-block, cram full, crammed, jam-packed, bulging |