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  • 21chock-full — /chok fool , chuk /, adj. full to the limit; crammed. Also, chock ful, chuck full, choke full. [1350 1400; ME chokke fulle, equiv. to chokke ( < ?) + fulle FULL1] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 22chock-full — [14] There is more than one theory to account for this word. It occurs in a couple of isolated instances around 1400, as chokkefulle and chekeful, prompting speculation that the first element may be either chock ‘wooden block’, which came from an …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 23chock-full — [14] There is more than one theory to account for this word. It occurs in a couple of isolated instances around 1400, as chokkefulle and chekeful, prompting speculation that the first element may be either chock ‘wooden block’, which came from an …

    Word origins

  • 24chock-full — adj full, filled, filled to the top, filled to capacity or the utmost; rife, replete, abounding, overflowing, overspilling, bursting, ready to burst, Sl. fit to bust; dense, close, crammed, stuffed, crowded, packed, jammed, Inf. jam packed, chock …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 25chock-full — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. packed, crammed, stuffed; see full 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. packed, chock a block, overflowing, brimming, stuffed, crammed, bursting, filled to capacity, *jam packed. ANT.: empty, barren, devoid …

    English dictionary for students

  • 26chock full — Synonyms and related words: SRO, awash, brimful, brimming, bulging, bursting, capacity, chuck full, congested, cram full, crammed, crowded, farci, filled, flush, full, full to bursting, jam packed, jammed, loaded, overfull, overstuffed, packed,&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 27chock-full — /tʃɒk ˈfʊl/ (say chok fool) adjective full to the utmost; crammed. Also, chuck full, choke full, chocked full. {Middle English chokkefulle, chekefull, probably from choken, cheken choke + full1} …

  • 28chock-full — adjective informal filled to overflowing. Origin ME: of unknown origin; later assoc. with chock …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 29Chock-full — 1. completely full; 2. replete; stuffed …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 30chock-full — Australian Slang 1. completely full; 2. replete; stuffed …

    English dialects glossary