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Synonyms for chock-full


Grammar : Adj
Spell : chok-foo l, chuhk-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃɒkˈfʊl, ˈtʃʌk-

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Définition of chock-full

Origin :
  • c.1400, chokkeful "crammed full," possibly from choke "cheek" (see cheek (n.)). Or it may be from Old French choquier "collide, crash, hit" (13c., Modern French choquer), which is probably from Germanic (cf. Middle Dutch schokken; see shock (n.1)).
  • adj filled to capacity
Example sentences :
  • That pipe's been up so long that I wouldn't wonder if 'twas chock-full of soot.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • And besides, he would get his whiskers all chock-full of honey.
  • Extract from : « The Wrong Woman » by Charles D. Stewart
  • The spirit atmosphere in which we live is full, chock-full, of cross-currents.
  • Extract from : « Quiet Talks on Power » by S.D. Gordon
  • He says they are chock-full of rabbits; but I don't believe him, for he never catches any.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, February 3, 1880 » by Various
  • The ground was chock-full of big roots, and we hadn't time to remove them.
  • Extract from : « A Lively Bit of the Front » by Percy F. Westerman
  • The refreshment-room also was chock-full and buzzed with loud, laughing voices.
  • Extract from : « The Law Inevitable » by Louis Couperus
  • "You talk like one who is chock-full of poetry," retorted the eel.
  • Extract from : « The Pond » by Carl Ewald
  • "Seems to me this buildin' is chock-full of referees," said he.
  • Extract from : « The Croxley Master: A Great Tale Of The Prize Ring » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • And allows that Mayor Hopkins is chock-full of saving grace!
  • Extract from : « Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions » by Slason Thompson
  • But they're so chock-full of go that they fair runs away with their selves.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Dago » by Annie Fellows-Johnston

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