Chocks
plural of Chock
chocks
plural of chock
chocks
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chock
Source: Wiktionary
Chock, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chocking.]
Definition: To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.
Chock, v. i.
Definition: To fill up, as a cavity. "The woodwork . . . exactly chocketh into joints." Fuller.
Chock, n.
1. A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc.
Chock, adv. (Naut.)
Definition: Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.
Chock, v. t. Etym: [F. choquer. Cf. Shock, v. t.]
Definition: To encounter. [Obs.]
Chock, n.
Definition: An encounter. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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