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chock-a-block
Word definitions for chock-a-block in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adv. as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full" [syn: chock ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (alternative spelling of chockablock English) adv. (alternative spelling of chockablock English)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
nautical, said of two blocks of tackle run so closely they touch; from chock + block (n.) in the nautical sense "a pulley together with its framework."
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Best of all were the three libraries, which were chock-a-block with rare and ancient books. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ At six in the morning the tradesmen's entrance had been chock-a-block with fishermen, and the kitchen ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Chock-A-Block was a BBC children's television programme, created by Michael Cole . It was first shown in 1981 and repeated through to 1989 and shown as part of the children's programme cycle See-Saw (the "new" name for the cycle originally known as Watch ...
Usage examples of chock-a-block.
Strave of the Guardian Cities, a place of the grandest architectural exuberance, no two structures remotely alike, great palaces chock-a-block defying one another in their glorious excess, profusions of towers and pavilions and belvederes and steeples and belfries and cupolas and rotundas and porticos sprouting madly everywhere like giant mushrooms.
But one day in the spring, when the apple blossoms are blooming in these parts, and the air is chock-a-block with perfume, and the grass is getting nice and green, The Lemon Drop Kid speaks of his love to Miss Alicia Deering, stating that it is such a love that he can scarcely eat.
Zaros, chock-a-block with Dutch courage, stopped his engines and waited until the relative positions of the searchlights told him that the enemy ships were about a cable's length apart on opposite and parallel courses.