Word Study
choc-ice |
chocard |
chock |
chock full |
chock up |
chock-a-block
| chock-full
| chockablock
| chockful
| chockfull
| chocolate
chock-a-block
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial chock-a-block has 1 sense
- chock-a-block(r = adv.all) chock - as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chock-a-block, adj. & adv. crammed close together; crammed full (a street chock-a-block with cars).
Etymology
orig. Naut., with ref. to tackle with the two blocks run close together
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