chock

Plural: chocks

Noun

a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
Any fitting or fixture used to restrict movement, especially movement of a line; traditionally was a fixture near a bulwark with two horns pointing towards each other, with a gap between where the line can be inserted.
An encounter.

Verb

Verb Forms: chocked, chocking, chocks

To secure or fit tightly with a wedge or block.
secure with chocks
support on chocks
- "chock the boat"
To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.
To fill up, as a cavity.
To insert a line in a chock.
To encounter.
To make a dull sound.

Adverb

as completely as possible
- "it was chock-a-block full"

Adv

Entirely; quite.

Examples

He tried to chock the game board in place, so it wouldn’t shift during intense play.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English *chokke (possibly attested in Middle English chokkefull), from Anglo-Norman choque (compare modern Norman chouque), from an Old Northern French variant of Old French çouche, çouche (“block, log”), of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *tsukka (compare Breton soc’h (“thick”), Old Irish tócht (“part, piece”), itself borrowed from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz. Doublet of stock.

Synonyms

chock-a-block, wedge

Scrabble Score: 16

chock: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
chock: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
chock: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

chock: valid Words With Friends Word