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Definition of
chockablock adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
chockablock
adjective
adjective
NAmE
/
/
ˈtʃɑkəˌblɑk
/
/
(
also
chock-a-block
)
[
not before noun
]
chockablock
(with something/somebody)
(
informal
)
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very full of things or people pressed close together
The shelves were chockablock with ornaments.
It was chockablock in town today
(= full of people)
.
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chockablock
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