choc-a-bloc

A form of chockablock — Having the blocks drawn close together so no further movement is possible, as when the tackle is hauled to the utmost.

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Meanings

adjectivechoc-a-bloc (comparative more choc-a-bloc, superlative most choc-a-bloc)

comparative more choc-a-bloc · superlative most choc-a-bloc

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of chockablock.

    By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.

    1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court
adverbchoc-a-bloc (comparative more choc-a-bloc, superlative most choc-a-bloc)

comparative more choc-a-bloc · superlative most choc-a-bloc

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of chockablock.

Origin

An alteration of chockablock, perhaps influenced by bric-à-brac.

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APA

choc-a-bloc. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choc-a-bloc

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“choc-a-bloc.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choc-a-bloc. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “choc-a-bloc,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choc-a-bloc.

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