Chock /(?)/
Chock
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Chocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chocking
- To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.
Chock
v. i.
- To fill up, as a cavity.
Chock
n.
- 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.
- 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. (Naut.)
Chock
adv.
- Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft. (Naut.)
Chock
v. t.
- To encounter. [Obs.]
Chock
n.
- An encounter. [Obs.]