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
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
