chockfull

chockfull
Chock-full Chock"-full` chockfull chock"full`, pred. a. Quite full; full to capacity; choke-full; as, chowder chock-full of clams.

Syn: chockablock(predicate), chockful(predicate), choke-full(predicate), chuck-full(predicate), cram full. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • chockfull —  (or chock full). But the brand of coffee and restaurants is …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • chockfull — adj. awash; brimming; overflowing; completely full …   English contemporary dictionary

  • abounding inpredicate abounding withpredicate bristling withpredicate full ofpredicate overflowing overflowing withpredicate rich inpredicate rife withpredicate thick withpredicate — filled filled adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of {empty}. [Narrower terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate),… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • brimful brimful ofpredicate brimfull brimfull ofpredicate brimming brimming withpredicate — filled filled adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of {empty}. [Narrower terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate),… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • chockablockpredicate chock-fullpredicate chockfullpredicate chockfulpredicate choke-fullpredicate chuck-fullpredicate cram full — filled filled adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of {empty}. [Narrower terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate),… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Chock-full — chockfull chock full , pred. a. Quite full; full to capacity; choke full; as, chowder chock full of clams. Syn: chockablock(predicate), chockful(predicate), choke full(predicate), chuck full(predicate), cram full. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • chuck-full — adj. same as {chock full}. [predicate] Syn: chockablock(predicate), chock full(predicate), chockfull(predicate), chockful(predicate), choke full(predicate), cram full. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • congested engorged — filled filled adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of {empty}. [Narrower terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate),… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crawling withpredicate overrun with swarming swarming withpredicate teeming teeming withpredicate — filled filled adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of {empty}. [Narrower terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate),… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • filled — adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of {empty}. [Narrower terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate), overflowing,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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