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chocker

chocker adjective: tightly packed, especially with people.

Adjective

chocker (comparative more chocker, superlative most chocker)

  1. (UK, informal) Tightly packed, especially with people.
    • The place was absolutely packed. It was chocker.1947, Charles Brasch, Landfall, Caxton Press, Page 492
    • The largest of these service chains in Italy is Agip, and these mini-cities in the middle of nowhere are always absolutely chocker with people. Half of Italy must be in these places at any one time.2001, Brian Thacker, Rule No.5 - No Sex on the Bus: Confessions of a tour leader, Allen & Unwin, Page 143

Examples of chocker in a sentence

  • "And this seemingly innocent museum is chocker with old airplane parts!"2003, Phillip Scott, Gay Resort Murder Shock, Alyson Publishing, Page 155
  • Australia is chocker with beaches strait from paradise, and Terrigal is a beach holiday mecca?2005, Rachael Weiss and Julie Adams, Are We There Yet?: Rach and Jules take to the open road, Allen & Unwin, Page 209

Forms of chocker

comparativemore chocker
superlativemost chocker
alternative formchocka
alternative formchockers

Origin of chocker

Shortened from chock-a-block.

Questions about chocker

What does chocker mean?
Chocker means tightly packed, especially with people.
How do you use chocker in a sentence?
"And this seemingly innocent museum is chocker with old airplane parts!"
What part of speech is chocker?
Chocker is an adjective.

Words near chocker in the dictionary

  1. chockablock
  2. chocked
  3. chocked full
  4. chockedaur
  5. chockedaurs
  6. chocker
  7. chockerman
  8. chockermen
  9. chockers
  10. chockful
  11. chockfull

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