how to pronounce chock

/tʃɒk/

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chock is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of chock in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… and museums chock full of rare artifacts …”

meanings of chock

verb:

To fill up, as a cavity.
To encounter.
To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.
To insert a line in a chock.
To make a dull sound.

noun:

An encounter.
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.
Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.

adverb:

Entirely; quite.

name:

A surname.

chock frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word chock occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics chock can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that chock can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;