Chock Definition

chŏk

chocks

noun

chocks

A block or wedge placed under a wheel, barrel, etc. to keep it from rolling or used to fill in a space.

Webster's New World

A heavy metal fitting fixed to the deck of a ship, through which a line for mooring, towing, etc. is passed.

Webster's New World

(nautical) 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.

Wiktionary

(obsolete) An encounter.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
wedge

verb

chocks

To provide or wedge fast with a chock or chocks.

Webster's New World

To place (a boat) on chocks.

American Heritage

(intransitive) To fill up, as a cavity.

Wiktionary

(obsolete) To encounter.

Wiktionary

To make a dull sound.

Wiktionary

adverb

As close or tight as can be.

Webster's New World

(nautical) Entirely; quite.

Chock home; chock aft.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
chock-a-block

Other Word Forms of Chock

Noun

Singular:

chock

Plural:

chocks

Origin of Chock

From Anglo-Norman choque (compare modern Norman chouque), from Gaulish *śokka (compare Breton soc’h (“thick”), Old Irish tócht (“part, piece”)).

From Wiktionary
Possibly from Old North French choque log from Gaulish tsukka stump of Germanic origin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
French choquer. Compare shock (transitive verb).

From Wiktionary
Onomatopoeic.

From Wiktionary