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Chock

Chock Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Chock? [n] a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object [adv] as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full" [v] support on chocks, as of boats, for example [v] secure with chocks Synonyms \| Synonyms for Chock: chock-a-block \| wedge Related Terms \| Find terms related to Chock: arrest \| bar \| barricade \| bearing rein \| bit \| block \| block up \| blockade \| bolt \| brake \| brim \| chain \| charge \| check \| checkrein \| choke \| choke off \| clog \| close \| close off \| close tight \| close up \| congest \| constrict \| countercheck \| cram \| crowd \| curb \| curb bit \| damper \| debar \| dog \| doorstop \| drag \| drag sail \| drift anchor \| drift sail \| drogue \| fetter \| fill \| fill to overflowing \| fill up \| freight \| holdback \| jam \| jam-pack \| lade \| load \| lock \| martingale \| obstruct \| occlude \| overfill \| pack \| pad \| pelham \| ram in \| remora \| satiate \| saturate \| scotch \| sea anchor \| shackle \| shut off \| shut out \| shut tight \| snaffle \| spoke \| squeeze \| squeeze shut \| stay \| stifle \| stop \| stop up \| strangle \| strangulate \| stuff \| suffocate \| supercharge \| surfeit \| top off \| trammel \| wad \| weight See Also \| block \| fasten \| fix \| hold \| hold up \| secure \| sprag \| support \| sustain Chock In Webster's Dictionary \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. \Chock\, v. i. To fill up, as a cavity. ``The woodwork . . . exactly chocketh into joints.'' --Fuller. \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. \Chock\, adv. (Naut.) Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft. \Chock\, v. t. [F. choquer. Cf. {Shock}, v. t.] To encounter. [Obs.] \Chock\, n. An encounter. [Obs.]

Chock Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chock?

[n] a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
[adv] as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full"
[v] support on chocks, as of boats, for example
[v] secure with chocks

Synonyms | Synonyms for Chock: chock-a-block | wedge

Chock In Webster's Dictionary

\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.


\Chock\, v. i.
To fill up, as a cavity. ``The woodwork . . . exactly
chocketh into joints.'' --Fuller.


\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.


\Chock\, adv. (Naut.)
Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.


\Chock\, v. t. [F. choquer. Cf. {Shock}, v. t.]
To encounter. [Obs.]


\Chock\, n.
An encounter. [Obs.]

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