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to the gunnels en · ADP

Meanings

1. Full to the brim.
   • The room was packed to the gunnels with reporters.
   • We were loaded down to the gunnels with luggage.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see to, the, gunnels: all the way up to the gunwales.
   • Our boat was loaded to the gunnels with equipment.

Relateds

to the gunwales · to the gunwales · freeboard

Synonyms

all the way · from soup to nuts · brimful · all the way · to the top of one's bent · in excelsis · to the brim · to the hilt · brimful · to the nines · to the tonsils · to the marrow · to the max · to the gills · to the gills · to the bone · top to bottom · to the bone · to the max · to the nth degree · to the marrow · to the brim · to the gunnels · to the core · to the hilt · to the nth degree · to the full · to the full · to the backbone · to the fullest · to the fullest · to the core · to the gunnels · in excelsis · to the tonsils · up to eleven · top to bottom · from soup to nuts · up to eleven · to the nines · to the backbone · to the top of one's bent