chock
To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or blockTo stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.
» Don’t bother with the 7:30 train; it’s always chock-a-block.
Можеш не намагатися сісти у потяг о 7:30; він завжди переповнений.
Meaning
5 senses(transitive)To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.
To insert a line in a chock.
To make a dull sound.
(intransitive, obsolete)To fill up, as a cavity.
(obsolete)To encounter.
- support on chocks
- secure with chocks
Examples
14 sentencesDon’t bother with the 7:30 train; it’s always chock-a-block.
Можеш не намагатися сісти у потяг о 7:30; він завжди переповнений.
The streets were chock-a-block.
deAuf den Straßen war der Bär los.
English is a language chock-full of idiomatic expressions.
The harbour was chock-full of vessels of every description.
deDer Hafen war gedrängt voll mit Wasserfahrzeugen jeder Bauart.
The harbour was chock-full of boats of every description.
deDer Hafen war gedrängt voll mit Wasserfahrzeugen jeder Bauart.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English *chokke (possibly attested in Middle English chokkefull), from Anglo-NFrom Middle English *chokke (possibly attested in Middle English chokkefull), from Anglo-Norman choque (compare modern Norman chouque), from an Old Northern French variant of Old French çouche, çouche (“block, log”), of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *tsukka (compare Breton soc’h (“thick”), Old Irish tócht (“part, piece”), itself a metathetic borrowing of Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“stick, stock, piece of wood”). Doublet of stock.
French choquer. Compare shock (transitive verb).
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Forms
chocks, chocking, chocked, chockedWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle