Meanings
- Full to the brim.
We were loaded down to the gunnels with luggage.
1 more example
The room was packed to the gunnels with reporters.
Synonyms: brimful, all the way, from soup to nuts, in excelsis, to the backbone, to the bone, to the brim, to the core
- 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.
Synonyms: brimful, all the way, from soup to nuts, in excelsis, to the backbone, to the bone, to the brim, to the core
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseFull to the brim.
prepositional phraseUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see to, the, gunnels: all the way up to the gunwales.
Cite this entry
to the gunnels. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20the%20gunnels
“to the gunnels.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20the%20gunnels. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “to the gunnels,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20the%20gunnels.
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