chock-a-block
Britishadjective
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filled to capacity; in a crammed state
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nautical with the blocks brought close together, as when a tackle is pulled as tight as possible
Example Sentences
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The streets of Tehran, once chock-a-block with traffic, are now eerily quiet.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2025
Measurements such as stiffness arise from what's called the extracellular matrix -- the space between and around an organ's cells that is chock-a-block with proteins, sugars and minerals.
From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024
"The trees have disappeared. The parks have almost disappeared. There is chock-a-block traffic."
From Reuters • Sep. 15, 2022
Ballyglass House and environs turn out to be chock-a-block with likely suspects, all as fully realized as Miss Scarlet and Professor Plum.
From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2020
Though he’s brought his sneakers with him, hoping to keep up with cross-country training, it is impossible, on these cracked, congested, chock-a-block streets, to run.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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