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What does chock mean?

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Noun
  1. Any wooden block used as a wedge or filler.
  2. Any block placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
  3. (nautical) 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.
  4. Blocks made of either wood, plastic or metal, used to keep a parked aircraft, trailer, or other vehicle, in position or from accidental movement.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.
  2. (intransitive) To fill up, as a cavity.
  3. (nautical) To insert a line in a chock.
Adverb
  1. (nautical) Entirely; quite.
Noun
  1. (obsolete) An encounter.
Verb
  1. (obsolete) To encounter.
Verb
  1. To make a dull sound.
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