chock

/tʃɔk/

Thân thiện

The boat is secured with a wooden chock under its hull.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A block or wedge used to prevent movement: A solid object, typically made of wood or metal, placed against or under a wheel, barrel, or other heavy object to stop it from rolling or sliding.

2. Verb:

   • To secure or support with a chock: The action of placing a block or wedge to prevent an object from moving.
   • To fill or obstruct completely: To pack or cram a space so that it is entirely full.

3. Adverb:

   • As completely as possible; entirely: Used to emphasize that something is completely full or tight.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Place a chock behind the wheel before you start working on the truck.
  • The sailors used heavy wooden chocks to secure the boat on the dock.

• Verb:

  • Please chock the aircraft's wheels before the passengers disembark.
  • The old attic was chocked with boxes and forgotten furniture.

• Adverb:

  • The stadium was chock full of enthusiastic fans. (Note: 'chock-full' is a common compound; see 'Variants and Related Words').

Advanced Usage

• "Chock-a-block" (Adjective/Adverb): Crammed full of people or things; jammed together.
  • The harbor was chock-a-block with fishing boats.
  • The schedule is chock-a-block with meetings all day.

Variants and Related Words

• Chock-full (Adjective): Completely full.

  • The report was chock-full of useful data.

• Chocking (Verb, present participle): The act of securing with chocks.

  • Chocking the trailer is a standard safety procedure.

Synonyms

• Noun: Wedge, block, stop, brake.
• Verb: Secure, wedge, block, jam, cram.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Chock up (Verb): To block or obstruct by filling; to cram.
  • The drain was chocked up with leaves.
  • He chocked up the doorway with boxes, making it impossible to enter.

Related Idioms

• Chock to the gunnels: An idiom meaning completely full, often used for ships or containers. ('Gunnels' refers to the upper edge of a ship's side).
  • The cargo hold was loaded chock to the gunnels.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. as completely as possible
   • it was chock-a-block full

Noun

1. a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object

Verb

1. support on chocks
   • chock the boat
2. secure with chocks

Từ đồng nghĩa

• chock-a-block
• wedge