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61chock-full — [14] There is more than one theory to account for this word. It occurs in a couple of isolated instances around 1400, as chokkefulle and chekeful, prompting speculation that the first element may be either chock ‘wooden block’, which came from an …
62chock full — very full, full to the top, chockablock, plump full The truck was chock full of paper to be recycled …
63chock-full — adjective informal filled to overflowing. Origin ME: of unknown origin; later assoc. with chock …
64chock-a-block — adjective (not before noun) full of people or things that are very close to each other (+ with): Disneyland was chock a block with people that day …
65chock-full — adjective (not before noun) informal completely full (+ of): The bus was chock full of people …
66chock-full — adj full, filled, filled to the top, filled to capacity or the utmost; rife, replete, abounding, overflowing, overspilling, bursting, ready to burst, Sl. fit to bust; dense, close, crammed, stuffed, crowded, packed, jammed, Inf. jam packed, chock …
67chock-a-block — /tʃɒk ə ˈblɒk/ (say chok uh blok) Colloquial –adjective Also, chocka, chocker, chokka. 1. full; overcrowded. –adverb 2. Nautical → two blocks (def. 1). 3. Also …
68chock-full — [14] There is more than one theory to account for this word. It occurs in a couple of isolated instances around 1400, as chokkefulle and chekeful, prompting speculation that the first element may be either chock ‘wooden block’, which came from an …
69chock — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1769 1. a wedge or block for steadying a body (as a cask) and holding it motionless, for filling in an unwanted space, or for blocking the movement of a wheel 2. a heavy metal casting (as on the bow or… …
70chock — A block of metal for use as a chockstone [25] …
