Definition of chock Chock
/ʧɑˈk/ - [chak] - chock
We found 23 definitions of chock from 7 different sources.
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What does chock mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: chocks |
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| chock - a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object | ||
| wedge | ||
| block a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks" | ||
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| chock - support on chocks; "chock the boat" | ||
| hold up, sustain, support, hold hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration | ||
| chock - secure with chocks | ||
| fasten, secure, fix attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other" | ||
Adverb |
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| chock - as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full" | ||
| chock-a-block | ||
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Wiktionary 
- chock (Noun)
Any wooden block used as a wedge or filler. - chock (Noun)
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. - chock (Noun)
Blocks made of either wood, plastic or metal, used to keep a parked aircraft in position. - chock (Noun)
An encounter. - chock (Verb)
To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch. - chock (Verb)
To insert a line in a chock. - chock (Verb)
To make a dull sound. - chock (Adverb)
Entirely; quite.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- chock (v. t.)
To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask. - chock (v. i.)
To fill up, as a cavity. - chock (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. - chock (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. - chock (adv.)
Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft. - chock (v. t.)
To encounter. - chock (n.)
An encounter.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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chock
chok, v.t. to fasten as with a block or wedge.—n. a wedge to keep a cask from rolling: a log.—adjs. Chock′-full, Choke′-full, quite full; Chock′-tight, very tight. [See Choke.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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chock
a sort of wedge used to confine a cask, or other weighty body, in a certain place, and to prevent it from fetching way when the ship is in motion, &c.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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chock
A sort of wedge used to rest or confine any weighty body, and prevent it from fetching way when the ship is in motion. Also, pieces fitted to supply a deficiency or defect after the manner of filling. Also, blocks of timber latterly substituted beneath the beams for knees, and wedged by iron keys. (See BOAT-CHOCKS.)--Chock of the bowsprit. See BEND.--Chocks of the rudder, large accurately adapted pieces of timber kept in readiness to choak the rudder, by filling up the excavation on the side of the rudder hole, in case of any accident. It is also choaked or chocked, when a ship is likely to get strong stern-way, when tiller-ropes break, &c.--To chock, is to put a wedge under anything to prevent its rolling. (See CHUCK.)
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