Antonyms for chock


Grammar : Adj, noun, verb
Spell : chok
Phonetic Transcription : tʃɒk


Definition of chock

Origin :
  • 1670s, "lumpy piece of wood," possibly from Old North French choque "a block" (Old French çoche "log," 12c.; Modern French souche "stump, stock, block"), from Gaulish *tsukka "a tree trunk, stump."
  • As in packed : adj full
  • As in wedge : noun solid piece, often triangular
  • As in cleat : noun spike
  • As in load : verb burden, saddle
  • As in pack : verb fill, compact
  • As in jam-pack : verb crowd
  • As in cram : verb fill to overflowing; compress
  • As in crowd : verb cram, press into area
Example sentences :
  • And when I got into this county I found it chock full of armies.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • I guess the palace will be chock full, Button-Bright; don't you think so?
  • Extract from : « The Road to Oz » by L. Frank Baum
  • Then: "My room is chock full of toys," the Banker said reflectively.
  • Extract from : « The Girl in the Golden Atom » by Raymond King Cummings
  • It was chock full, and Jim and I have to sleep under the table.
  • Extract from : « Parkhurst Boys » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • The prisons are chock full of them, and the mass held in abhorrence.'
  • Extract from : « Penshurst Castle » by Emma Marshall
  • His cranium was chock full of entertaining reminiscence, too.
  • Extract from : « On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck » by R. Pitcher Woodward
  • Pass it through either the chock on the bowsprit or the chock on the rail.
  • Extract from : « On Yachts and Yacht Handling » by Thomas Fleming Day
  • They will awe anyone and fill him chock full of all kinds of thoughts.
  • Extract from : « An American Hobo in Europe » by Ben Goodkind
  • Why would these islands all be chock full of them and none in Europe?
  • Extract from : « Island Nights' Entertainments » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • As ye say, he's whole-souled and chock full of common sense.
  • Extract from : « Marching on Niagara » by Edward Stratemeyer

Synonyms for chock

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