Chŏck1, v. t.
To stop or fasten as with a wedge, or block, &c.; as, to chock a wheel or a cask.
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To stop or fasten as with a wedge, or block, &c.; as, to chock a wheel or a cask.
Sense 1. To fill up, as a cavity. “The wood work exactly chocked into the joints.” Fuller. 2. To encounter. See SHOCK.
n. 1. A wedge, or something to confine a cask or other body, by fitting into the space around or beneath it. 2. An encounter. See SHOCK.