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chock

UK/tʃɒk/ US/t͡ʃɑk/ rare obsolete us
noun (1) adverb (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

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

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adverb

1.

as completely as possible

  • “it was chock-a-block full”
Synonyms

verb

1.

secure with chocks

2.

support on chocks

  • “chock the boat”

Origin

From Middle English *chokke (possibly attested in Middle English chokkefull), from Anglo-Norman choque (compare modern Norman chouque), from an Old Northern French variant of Old French çouche, çouche (“block, log”), of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *tsukka (compare Breton soc’h (“thick”), Old Irish tócht (“part, piece”), itself a metathetic borrowing of Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“stick, stock, piece of wood”). Doublet of stock.

Phrases

  • chocks away

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