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chock

American  
[chok] / tʃɒk /

noun

  1. a wedge or block of wood, metal, or the like, for filling in a space, holding an object steady, etc.

  2. Nautical.

    1. any of various heavy metal fittings on a deck or wharf that serve as fairleads for cables or chains.

    2. a shaped support or cradle for a ship's boat, barrel, etc.

    3. a small wooden piece or timber for filling a gap, reinforcing an angle, etc., in a wooden vessel.

  3. Metalworking. a bearing supporting the end of a rolling mill.

  4. Mining. a roof support made of cribbing filled with stones.

verb (used with object)

  1. to furnish with or secure by a chock or chocks.

  2. Nautical. to place (a boat) upon chocks.

adverb

  1. as close or tight as possible.

    chock against the edge.
chock British  
/ tʃɒk /

noun

  1. a block or wedge of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object

  2. nautical

    1. a fairlead consisting of a ringlike device with an opening at the top through which a rope is placed

    2. a cradle-like support for a boat, barrel, etc

  3. mountaineering See nut

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verb

  1. (usually foll by up) to cram full

    chocked up with newspapers

  2. to fit with or secure by a chock

  3. to support (a boat, barrel, etc) on chocks

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adverb

  1. as closely or tightly as possible

    chock against the wall
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Etymology

Origin of chock

Middle English < Anglo-French choque (compare modern Picard choke big log, Normandy dial. chouque ), Old French çoche ( French soche ); of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

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It already bore the hallmarks of her best work: Rhythmically and lyrically dextrous, and chock full of personality.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

She sees her pieces less as images and more as objects, chock full of references from her upbringing in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and her daily life and work in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2025

Her flailing style — chock full of moves such as "the kangaroo" and others that have been compared to a dog squirming in grass — lost all three of her matches 0-18.

From Salon • Aug. 15, 2024

"When you think about existing cancer genes and the DNA sequences around them, they're just chock full of these repeats," says Victor E. Velculescu, M.D.,

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2024

He was so chock full of news, Mama nor I could get in a word.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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