In a crowded manner; as completely or closely as possible.
Used in a Sentence
chockablock
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for chockablock.
Editorial note
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Definitions3
Parts of speech2
Quick take
In a crowded manner; as completely or closely as possible.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of chockablock gathered in one view.
(by extension) Jammed tightly together, jam-packed; very crowded; completely filled or stuffed.
(nautical, of a ship's hoisting tackle) Having the blocks drawn close together so no further movement is possible, as when the tackle is hauled to the utmost.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for chockablock.
adverb
In a crowded manner; as completely or closely as possible.
See also: chockful, chock-full, choke-full, chuck-full, cram-full
adjective
(by extension) Jammed tightly together, jam-packed; very crowded; completely filled or stuffed.
See also: chockful, chock-full, choke-full, chuck-full, cram-full
adjective
(nautical, of a ship's hoisting tackle) Having the blocks drawn close together so no further movement is possible, as when the tackle is hauled to the utmost.
See also: chockful, chock-full, choke-full, chuck-full, cram-full
Example sentences
The web is chockablock with examples of sites which collect your data without consent.
I wish it had had more context rather than added somewhat chockablock to the end of the article.
Careful now, you don't want to end up like chockablock again, do you?
Having bootstrapped a couple of successful businesses myself, I think this is chockablock with great advice/observations.
It's been chockablock full of it for at least a half decade.
The history of human government is chockablock full of corruption.
Incredibly well researched and chockablock with real world examples.
It's chockablock full of narrative candy, eg: > Bohr and his wife, Margarethe, left their home at the Carlsberg brewery estate within hours of the tip-off from Harald.
I've always been curious about that, but I try to only vouch for substantive comments that are devoid of flamebait (with which the ancestor comment appears to be chockablock).
>paying high salaries because our education costs have skyrocketed This whole thread is chockablock with fallacies, but let's limit ourselves to this one for now.
I do a lot of my work in strongly typed languages; believe me when I say that code without type errors or variable misspellings can still be chockablock with bugs.
I can walk down an entire aisle in the hardware store, chockablock with bottles of household cleaners, and they all amount to 2 or 3 active ingredients, endlessly remixed for credulous homemakers.
Quote examples
There's lots of amazing stuff that's not "on the list" and you can actually sit and enjoy it when the museum isn't chockablock.
They're actively harmful in things like application-level service code, where they're used to turn perfectly well-written code into a chockablock mess to satisfy "testibility".
Proper noun examples
Chockablock comes from the blocks (pulleys) getting jammed on each other when multiple ropes are being worked on.
Chockablock is a nautical term (see:double blocked) meaning that two blocks (pulley systems used in ship rigging) are fast against each other and can't get closer.
Chockablock is exactly the kind of thing I was hoping for!
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use chockablock in a sentence?
The web is chockablock with examples of sites which collect your data without consent.
What does chockablock mean?
In a crowded manner; as completely or closely as possible.
What part of speech is chockablock?
chockablock is commonly used as adverb, adjective.