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Rarechock
The correct spelling is chock.
How to pronounce chock
noun
IPA: /tʃɒk/
Say it like: Cho-k
The correct spelling is chock. Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
- 2.Any fitting or fixture used to restrict movement, especially movement of a line; traditionally was a fixture near a bulwark with two horns pointing towards each other, with a gap between where the line can be inserted.
- 3.An encounter.
verb
- 1.To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.
- 2.To fill up, as a cavity.
- 3.To insert a line in a chock.
- 4.To encounter.
- 5.To make a dull sound.
adverb
- 1.Entirely; quite.
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