choc-a-bloc

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English

Etymology

An alteration of chockablock, perhaps influenced by bric-à-brac.

Adjective

choc-a-bloc (comparative more choc-a-bloc, superlative most choc-a-bloc)

  1. Alternative spelling of chockablock
    • 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court:
      By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. [] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.

Adverb

choc-a-bloc (comparative more choc-a-bloc, superlative most choc-a-bloc)

  1. Alternative spelling of chockablock