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chock

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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.

Interjection

  1. Representing a dull sound.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.

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