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chock a block

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chock⋅a⋅block

[chok-uh-blok]
–adjective
1. extremely full; crowded; jammed: a room chockablock with furniture and plants.
2. Nautical. having the blocks drawn close together, as when the tackle is hauled to the utmost.
–adverb
3. in a crowded manner: books piled chockablock on the narrow shelf.
Also, chock-a-block.


Origin:
cf. chock close (up to), appar. as back formation from chockful
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