chock-full

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chock-full

or chock·full (chŏk′fo͝ol′)

adj.

Full to the limit; as full as possible: a report chock-full of errors.

[Middle English chokkeful, chokke-, of unknown meaning (perhaps from choken, to choke; see choke, or from chokken, to thrust, from Old French choquer, to collide with; see shock¹) + -ful, -ful.]

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chock-full

chockful

choke-full

chuck-full

adj

(postpositive) completely full

[C17 choke-full; see choke, full]

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chock-full

(ˈtʃɒkˈfʊl, ˈtʃʌk-)

adj.

full to the limit; crammed.

Sometimes, chock′-ful′, chock′ful′.

[1350–1400; Middle English chokke-fulle]

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Adj.

chock-full - packed full to capacity; "chowder chockablock with pieces of fish"

chockablock, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram full

full - containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing"

Translations

chock-full

[ˈtʃɒkˈfʊl] ADJ → atestado, lleno a rebosar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

chock-full

[ˈtʃɒkˈfʊl] adj chock-full (of) → pieno/a zeppo/a (di)

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