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chokka

chokka adjective: tightly packed, especially with people.

Adjective

chokka (comparative more chokka, superlative most chokka)

  1. (informal) Tightly packed, especially with people.
    • 7 Stars decent and you can guess the band playing next door in the fleece by the clientele. and the bridge is now chokka since the college opened opposite, although if you get there early, you can have fun watching youngens trying to make rollies on the benches outside.2016 April 16, MrsGibsonsJam [username], “Pubs in the centre for a quiet drink on a Friday evening?”, in Reddit, r/Bristol
  2. (informal) Very busy; having a full workload.
    • 'I would if I could,' I said, I hoped convincingly, 'but you know what Mondays are like here. I'm absolutely chokka, but I've got an idea. Bill Hamer sees outpatients this afternoon, so I'll book him in there.'2012, Ken Clezy, Now in Remission, →ISBN, page 69

Forms of chokka

comparativemore chokka
superlativemost chokka
alternative formchocka
alternative formchocker

Origin of chokka

Clipping of chock-a-block.

Questions about chokka

What does chokka mean?
Chokka means tightly packed, especially with people.
What part of speech is chokka?
Chokka is an adjective.

Words near chokka in the dictionary

  1. choking the chicken
  2. choking the luff
  3. choking up
  4. chokingly
  5. chokings
  6. chokka
  7. choklit
  8. choklits
  9. Chokma
  10. Chokmah
  11. choko

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