chockablock

Meaning of chockablock

adjective
  1. (of a ship's hoisting tackle) Having the blocks drawn close together so no further movement is possible, as when the tackle is hauled to the utmost.
  2. (by extension) Jammed tightly together; very crowded; completely filled or stuffed.
    Some of Sardinia's gorgeous seaside towns have lately been invaded by builders who erected chockablock housing that catered to middle-income tourists but threatened to spoil the landscape.
adverb
  1. In a crowded manner; as completely or closely as possible.
    His study had books stacked chockablock on every shelf.

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Hyphenation of chockablock

chock-ablock

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 11 chars.
  • chockablock is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

chockablock synonyms

Meaning chock-full:

chockful

Words that rhyme with chockablock

Lock, lock, Blalock, Dialock, mealock, Block, Herblock, IvyBlock, ablock, antiblock, backblock, biteblock, block, breechblock, cellblock, cinderblock, deblock, gablock, heartblock, hemiblock, interblock, keelblock, kiloblock, multiblock, reblock, roadblock, setblock, sketchblock, stereoblock, stopblock, subblock, sunblock, superblock, swivelblock, unblock, woodblock, yuleblock, alarmclock, bumclock, clock, ladyclock, miniclock, o'clock, oclock, vidclock, Dedlock, Hadlock, cadlock, chadlock, chedlock

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