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chock
/t͡ʃɑk/
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What does chock mean?
noun
- Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
- Any fitting or fixture used to restrict movement, especially movement of a line; traditionally was a fixture near a bulwark with two horns pointing towards each other, with a gap between where the line can be inserted.
verb
- To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.
More meanings (9)
verb
- To insert a line in a chock.
- To make a dull sound.
- (obsolete) To fill up, as a cavity.
- (obsolete) To encounter.
adverb
- Entirely; quite.
interjection
- Representing a dull sound.
proper noun
- A surname.
noun
- (obsolete) An encounter.
- (historical) An illicit, fermented alcoholic beverage brewed on-site.
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IPA pronunciation
/t͡ʃɑk/
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See this word in context.
She saw him hurry to the door, heard the bolt chock.
We got a whip up on the main-yard, and hooking it to a strap around her body, swayed away; and giving a wink to one another, ran her chock up to the yard.
More book examples (2)
"Well, you had better have a care, boys, how you charge there, for I'll be blamed if you do not get yourselves into business pretty quick: for the town is chock full of red coats."
“That’s the idea exactly. That’s what college ought to be for, instead of for turning out a lot of B.A.‘s, so chock full of book-learning and vanity that there ain’t room for anything else. You’re all right. College won’t be able to do you much harm, I reckon.”