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chockablock
or chock-a-block
[ chok-uh-blok ]
/ ˈtʃɒk əˈblɒk /
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adjective
extremely full; crowded; jammed: a room chockablock with furniture and plants.
Nautical. having the blocks drawn close together, as when the tackle is hauled to the utmost.
adverb
in a crowded manner: books piled chockablock on the narrow shelf.
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Words nearby chockablock
Choate, choc., choccy, choc-ice, chock, chockablock, chocker, chock-full, chockstone, choco, chocoholic
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How to use chockablock in a sentence
I will miss them particularly this second year of not decamping to a chockablock pub to raise a pint.
In Irish whiskey’s resurgence, individuality reigns. Here’s how to celebrate it in cocktails.|M. Carrie Allan|March 12, 2021|Washington PostVery little, let’s hope, now that a year chockablock with ugly surprises—a list starting with the coronavirus pandemic—passes behind us.
After all, the Republican convention was chockablock with McCain doppelgangers.
Quickly the enemy submarine maneuvered closer until the two craft 135 were almost chockablock.
Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X|Victor Appleton
British Dictionary definitions for chockablock
chock-a-block
adjective, adverb
filled to capacity; in a crammed state
nautical with the blocks brought close together, as when a tackle is pulled as tight as possible
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