CHOCK

v. secure with a wedge or block; compress, make compact

n. wedge; metal fitting for towing or mooring

adj. full; overflowing; packed

Noun
1. a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
(synonym) wedge
(hypernym) block
(hyponym) sprag
Verb
1. secure with chocks
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
(derivation) wedge
2. support on chocks; "chock the boat"
(hypernym) hold, support, sustain, hold up
(derivation) wedge
Adverb
1. as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full"
(synonym) chock-a-block

n. choke (Andes, Caribbean)

(v. t.)
To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.
  

(v. t.)
To encounter.
  

(v. i.)
To fill up, as a cavity.
  

(n.)
An encounter.
  

(n.)
A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it.
  

(n.)
A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc.
  

(adv.)
Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.
  

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