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chock Definition

chock (c̸häk)

noun

  1. a block or wedge placed under a wheel, barrel, etc. to keep it from rolling or used to fill in a space
  2. Naut. a heavy metal fitting fixed to the deck of a ship, through which a line for mooring, towing, etc. is passed

Etymology: NormFr choque, a block < Gaul *tsukka, akin to PGmc *stuk-, a tree trunk, stump: for IE base see stock

transitive verb

to provide or wedge fast with a chock or chocks

adverb

as close or tight as can be

chock Usage Examples

Object

  • wheel: It is not advised to rely on chocking the nose wheel to prevent a caravan running down a slope.
  • boulder: The way on was a smallish inlet rift cascading in from behind another set of chocked boulders.
  • smoke: Yes it makes lots of chocking smoke and massive spurting flames.
  • block: But it was also true that every hole was chock-a-block with, well, chocked blocks.

Converse of object

  • put: Putting the chock behind the mast reduces feel and promotes a lot of lower mast bend which is not always helpful.
  • remove: The assembled onlookers watched as the ground crew removed the chocks and then marshaled the aircraft onto the taxiway and toward runway 08.
  • have: Aircraft that require hand starting by prop swinging must have chocks placed in front of the wheels.
  • use: A running belay using chocks, nuts or similar devices.
  • carry: And a warning to myself to carry chocks and to use them if I'm in any doubt.
  • place: Aircraft that require hand starting by prop swinging must have chocks placed in front of the wheels.

Adjective modifier

  • wooden: Fix the glass in place with wooden chocks or similar.

Modifies a noun

  • stone: These large ledges lead to a narrowing of the rift, where a moderate shower lands on some unstable chock stones.
  • block: The two chock blocks are to drive the fans and the new relay to turn off the power when the HV trip fires.
  • carriage: By the late 1880s 64 prs, were mounted on rear chock carriages rather than garrison standing carriages because of their recoil.

Modifying Another Word

  • away: Band, by the left, into the plane, quick march, chocks away, good luck!

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • up: The barge is now chocked up outside Ken Haines works at Normanton.
  • away: No more the shout " Contact - chocks away; " How soon they forget!

Noun used with modifier

  • wheel: Sometimes you will be held on the line by marshals or with a wheel chock.