chock Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
    wedge.
  2. verb secure with chocks
  3. verb support on chocks
    • chock the boat
  4. adverb as completely as possible
    chock-a-block.
    • it was chock-a-block full

WordNet

Chock transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Chocked ; present participle & verbal noun Chocking
Definitions
  1. To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.
Chock intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To fill up, as a cavity. "The woodwork . . . exactly chocketh into joints." Fuller.
Chock noun
Definitions
  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.
Chock adverb
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.
Chock transitive verb
Etymology
F. choquer. Cf. Shock, v. t.
Definitions
  1. To encounter. Obs.
Chock noun
Definitions
  1. An encounter. Obs.

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