chock full en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌtʃɒk ˈfʊl/
Etymology
From Middle English chokkeful (“crammed full”) c. 1400, possibly from choke (“cheek”), equivalent to cheek + full. Or it may be from Old French choquier (“collide, crash, hit”), similar to shock. The later form chock-a-block full is due to association with chock, used in carpentry and shipbuilding.
Meanings
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(informal) Containing the maximum amount possible, flush on all sides, jam-packed, crammed.
The story is chock full, not only of excellent science, but woven through it there is also that very rare element, love and romance.
1928 August, E. E. Smith, “The Skylark of Space”, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, Preface:The pages of the diary are chock full of fascinating reports of medical incidents of all sorts.
1741, George E. Nitzsche, The General Magazine and Historical Chronicle, University of Pennsylvania. General Alumni Society, pages 251“Chock full o' science,” said the radiant Captain, “as ever he was![…]”
1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 565:That article is chock-full of errors.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most chock full | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| chokeful | alternative | lexicographic | |
| chuck-full | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more chock full | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| choke full | alternative | lexicographic | |
| chokefull | alternative | lexicographic | |
| chockful | alternative | lexicographic | |
| choke-full | alternative | lexicographic | |
| chockfull | alternative | lexicographic | |
| chalk full | alternative | lexicographic | |
| chock-full | alternative | lexicographic | |
| chuck full | alternative | lexicographic | |
| chocked full | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Descendants
Relateds
chock-a-block · chock-a-block full
Translations (22)
nl tjokvol (containing the maximum amount) · nl boordevol (containing the maximum amount) · de voller (containing the maximum amount) · es a reventar (containing the maximum amount) · fr plein à craquer (containing the maximum amount) · it pieno zeppo (containing the maximum amount) · la effertus (containing the maximum amount) · es repleto (containing the maximum amount) · fo kjokkfullur (containing the maximum amount) · it satollo (containing the maximum amount) · ota طولغون (containing the maximum amount) · de voll bis zum Rand (containing the maximum amount) · no tjåkfull (containing the maximum amount) · bg претъпкан (containing the maximum amount) · fy tsjokfol (containing the maximum amount) · fr bourré (containing the maximum amount) · ru перепо́лненный (containing the maximum amount) · es petado (containing the maximum amount) · ru битко́м наби́тый (containing the maximum amount) · eo plenplena (containing the maximum amount) · it farcito (containing the maximum amount) · de rappelvoll (containing the maximum amount)