View synonyms for chockablock

chockablock

or chock-a-block

[ chok-uh-blok ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of chockablock¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; chock (in the sense wedge) + -a- connnecting vowel that is probably a reduced form of and + block (in the sense solid mass of wood)

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Example Sentences

After all, the Republican convention was chockablock with McCain doppelgangers.

From The Daily Beast

Quickly the enemy submarine maneuvered closer until the two craft 135 were almost chockablock.

From Project Gutenberg

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