chowk
/tʃaʊk
/noun [usually in names]
(In South Asia) an open market area in a city at the junction of two roads: Chandni Chowk...
- Before Id, Mohammed Ali Road, running from Barki chowk to the famous Nanded Tower, is usually crammed with at least a 1000 handcarts.
- Earlier, the Municipal Corporation had named a chowk after Ali Miyan.
- Traffic snarls were witnessed at the Sector 7/8 roundabout and at the Housing Board chowk.
Origin
From Hindi cauk.
- get-go
- get going
- get hell
- get hitched
- get hold of
- get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick
- Gethsemane, Garden of
- get in
- get in on
- get in on the ground floor
- get in there
- get in with
- get it in one
- get it on
- get it up
- get knotted
- get laid
- get lost
- get lucky
- get moving
- get nicked
- get no change out of
- get off
- get off at Redfern
- get off on