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Definition of chockablock adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

chockablock

adjective

NAmE//ˈtʃɑkəˌblɑk//

(also chock-a-block) [not before noun] chockablock (with something/somebody) (informal)

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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