chock-a-block

2 definitions found

chock-a-block - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chockablock \Chock"a*block\, a. (Naut.)
     Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close
     together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting.
     [1913 Webster] Chock-full

chock-a-block - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  chock-a-block
      adv 1: as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full"
             [syn: chock, chock-a-block]