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31chock-full — adjective never before noun INFORMAL very full, especially with things that are pleasant or enjoyable: chock full of: a book that s chock full of delicious recipes …
32chock-full — is now the dominant form, having triumphed over variants such as choke full and chuck full. These spelling difficulties have been aggravated by uncertainty as to the origin of the element chock, which also occurs in chock a block (with the same… …
33chock-full — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ filled to overflowing. ORIGIN of unknown origin; later associated with CHOCK(Cf. ↑chock) …
34chock|a|block — chock a block or chock|a|block «CHOK uh BLOK», adjective. 1. (of tackle) with the blocks drawn close together. 2. Figurative. jammed together; crowded; packed: »The museum…keeps its members happy with a calendar chock a block with concerts,… …
35chock-full — [chäk′fool′] adj. [ME chokkeful, chekefull < choke, cheke, cheek + ful, FUL; now often assoc. with CHOCK, CHOKE] as full as possible; filled to capacity …
36chock-tight — chockˈ tight adjective Very tight • • • Main Entry: ↑chock …
37chock-hole — see chock n. 7 …
38Chock (TV Series) — Chock was a Swedish horror television series that aired in 1997. It was done in the style of horror shows as Tales from the Crypt. Each episode was presented by Swedish cult actor and horror host Ernst Hugo Järegård and episodes was directed by… …
39chock-full — index full, replete Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
40chock-full — c.1400, chokkeful crammed full, possibly from choke cheek. Or it may be from O.Fr. choquier collide, crash, hit (13c., Mod.Fr. choquer), probably from Germanic (Cf. M.Du. schokken; see SHOCK (Cf. shock) (1)) …
