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chock

Pronunciation:  châk

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Matching Terms:  choc, chocard, choc-ice, chock up, chockablock, chock-a-block, chockablock(p), chockful, chock-full, chocolate, chocolate bar, chocolate cake, chocolate candy, chocolate chip cookie, chocolate eclair, chocolate egg, chocolate fondue, chocolate fudge, chocolate ice cream, chocolate kiss, chocolate milk, chocolate mousse, chocolate pudding, chocolate root, chocolate sauce, chocolate syrup, chocolate tree, chocolate truffle, chocs, choctaw, choctaws

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
  2. [adv]  as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full"
  3. [v]  support on chocks, as of boats, for example
  4. [v]  secure with chocks
 
 Synonyms: chock-a-block, wedge
 
 See Also: block, fasten, fix, hold, hold up, secure, sprag, support, sustain

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Chock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chocked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
    {Chocking}.]
    To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as,
    to chock a wheel or cask.
    
    
  2. \Chock\, v. i.
    To fill up, as a cavity. ``The woodwork . . . exactly
    chocketh into joints.'' --Fuller.
    
    
  3. \Chock\, n.
    1. 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.
    
    2. (Naut.) 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.
    
    
  4. \Chock\, adv. (Naut.)
    Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.
    
    
  5. \Chock\, v. t. [F. choquer. Cf. {Shock}, v. t.]
    To encounter. [Obs.]
    
    
  6. \Chock\, n.
    An encounter. [Obs.]
    
    
 
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