- a variation of chockablock.
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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Last week, Wednesday was chock-a-block Tax Day, and Thursday was a Washington meeting with fellow G-20 finance ministers and a flight to Las Vegas for a raucous rally with Mr. Trump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
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 Huntington Store is chock-a-block with beautiful, unusual gifts, but you can support a rose lover and the beloved institution by buying its exclusive prints of the exquisite rose watercolors in its collection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
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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