chock-full

Also chock-ful,

[chok-fool, chuhk-]

adjective

1. full to the limit; crammed.

chock-full

adjective

1. (postpositive) completely full

Word History and Origins

Origin of chock-full¹

1350–1400; Middle English chokke-fulle, equivalent to chokke (< ?) + fulle full ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of chock-full¹

C17 choke-full; see _choke , _full

Example Sentences

But its campus, chock-full of hidden symbolism, has a long history.

From Los Angeles Times

Altadena and Pacific Palisades are communities with tree canopies and century-old houses navigated by narrow, sometimes winding roads chock-full of vegetation.

From Los Angeles Times

Washington is chock-full of statues, markers, memorials and plaques that, with a few notable exceptions, are easily passed on a daily basis with scarcely a glance.

From Los Angeles Times

Once chock-full of silver chloride, that electrode was moved to the pure water chamber.

From Science Magazine

“We Live in Time” is also chock-full of contrivances.

From Salon