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Definitions for Chock

[1] a wedge or block of wood, metal, or the like, for filling in a space, holding an object steady, etc.
[2] Nautical . any of various heavy metal fittings on a deck or wharf that serve as fairleads for cables or chains. a shaped support or cradle for a ship's boat, barrel, etc. a small wooden piece or timber for filling a gap, reinforcing an angle, etc., in a wooden vessel.
[3] Metalworking . a bearing supporting the end of a rolling mill.
[4] Mining . a roof support made of cribbing filled with stones. Compare cog3(def 2) .
[5] to furnish with or secure by a chock or chocks.
[6] Nautical . to place (a boat) upon chocks.
[7] as close or tight as possible: chock against the edge.
[8] a block or wedge of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
[9] nautical a fairlead consisting of a ringlike device with an opening at the top through which a rope is placed a cradle-like support for a boat, barrel, etc
[10] mountaineering See nut (def. 10)
[11] (usually foll by up) British to cram full chocked up with newspapers
[12] to fit with or secure by a chock
[13] to support (a boat, barrel, etc) on chocks
[14] as closely or tightly as possible chock against the wall

Words related to Chock

crowded, jammed, overflowing, stuffed, wrapped, loaded, filled, congested, overloaded, jam-packed, chunk, lade, stuff, pile, carry, cram, pack, stack, store, fill

Words nearby Chock

choanoflagellate, choate, choc-ice, choc., choccy, chock, chock-a-block, chock-full, chockablock, chocker, chockstone

Origin of Chock

Middle English < Anglo-French choque (compare modern Picard choke big log, Normandy dial. chouque ), Old French çoche (French soche ); of uncertain origin

Word origin for Chock

C17: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Old French çoche log; compare Provençal soca tree stump

Synonyms for Chock

arranged, congested, crowded, filled, jam-packed, jammed, loaded, overflowing, overloaded, stuffed, swarming, wrapped, brimming, bundled, compact, compressed, consigned, crammed, mobbed, seething, awash, brimful, chock-full, full to the gills, packed like sardines, serried, to the roof, tumid, up to the hilt, up to the rafters, wall-to-wall