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chocka en · ADJ

Etymology

Truncated form of chockablock.

Meanings

  1. (informal, not-comparable) Filled to capacity.
    • So we were more than a bit deflated when we found the hostel, only to be told that it was just about chocka, but that we could have separate rooms for an inflated price if we wanted. 2012, Chris Brady, Life Begins at 49, →ISBN:
    • It's gone ten, the place is chocka, and Günter's two saisonnières - one skinny girl in Hamlet black, the other plumper, frillier and blonder -- are busy with orders. 2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 141:
    • When I lived with my mum, the only thing we ever argued about was her food shopping addiction. Every single cupboard was chocka, the fridge was chocka, the freezer was chocka. 2011, ITV Studios Ltd., The Loose Women Book for Lovely Mums, →ISBN: