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Meaning of 'chock' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Chock [ adv.]
- Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.
2 . Chock [ n.]
- A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it.
- A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc.
- An encounter.
3 . Chock [ v. i.]
- To fill up, as a cavity.
4 . Chock [ v. t.]
- To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.
- To encounter.

Meaning of 'chock' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . chock [ v]
Meaning (1):
- support on chocks
Example in sentence:
  • chock the boat
2 . chock [ r]
Meaning (2):
- as completely as possible
Example in sentence:
  • it was chock-a-block full

Nearby Words:

choak choanoid chocard chock-full chockablock chocked chocking chocolate choctaws chode

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