Definitions for chock-a-block
chock-a-block

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1. chockablock(p), chock-full, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram fulladverb

   packed full to capacity

   "chowder chockablock with pieces of fish"

2. chock, chock-a-blockadverb

   as completely as possible

   "it was chock-a-block full"

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1. Chock-A-Block

   Chock-A-Block is a BBC children's television programme, created by Michael Cole and Nick Wilson. It was first shown in 1981 and repeated through to 1989 and shown as part of the children's programme cycle See-Saw (the "new" name for the cycle originally known as Watch with Mother). "Chock-A-Block" was an extremely large yellow computer, modelled to resemble a mainframe of the time; it filled the entire studio and provided the entire backdrop for the show. The presenter of the show played the part of a technician maintaining the computer. There were two presenters, Fred Harris ("Chock-A-Bloke") and Carol Leader ("Chock-A-Girl"), but only one appeared in each episode. At the start of the show, the presenter would drive around the studio towards the machine in a small yellow electric car, the chock a truck, before saying the catchphrase "Chock-A-Bloke (or Girl), checking in!"). The presenter would then use the machine to find out about a particular topic. The name "chock-a-block" was derived from the machine's ability to read data from "blocks" – which were just that, physical blocks painted different colours. A typical show would include dialogue from the presenter, a brief clip played on Chock-a-block's video screen, and the presenter recording a song on Chock-a-block's audio recorder (which resembled the reel-to-reel tape drives used on actual mainframes, but with a design below to cause the reels to resemble the eyes of a smiling face). The presenter Fred Harris went on to present the serious computing programme Micro Live and to become a personality strongly associated with computers in the public eye. According to the Kaleidoscope 'Lost Shows' database, eight out of thirteen episodes are no longer in the BBC archives, however the whole of one of these and parts of a second survive only as domestic video recordings.

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1. chock-a-block

   Chock-a-block is an idiomatic expression meaning completely full or crowded to the point that no more can be included or added. It is often used to describe places or containers that are extremely congested or filled up, or schedules that are fully booked. The term derives from nautical language, referring originally to a situation where pulley blocks in a ship's rigging were so tightly jammed together they could not be tightened any further.

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1. Chock-A-Block

   Chock-A-Block was a BBC children's television programme, first shown in 1981 and repeated through to 1989 and shown as part of the children's programme cycle See-Saw. "Chock-A-Block" was an extremely large yellow computer, modelled to resemble a mainframe of the time; it filled the entire studio and provided the entire backdrop for the show. The presenter of the show supposedly played the part of a technician maintaining the computer; there were two presenters, Fred Harris and Carol Leader, but only one appeared in each episode. At the start of the show, the presenter would drive around the studio towards the machine in a small yellow electric car, before saying the catchphrase "Chock-A-Bloke, checking in!". The presenter would then use the machine to find out about a particular topic. The name "chock-a-block" was supposedly derived from the machine's ability to read data from "blocks" - which were just that, physical blocks painted different colours. A typical show would include dialogue from the presenter, a brief clip played on Chock-a-block's video screen, and the presenter recording a song on Chock-a-block's audio recorder.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chock-a-block

   Is the same with block-a-block and two-blocks (which see). When the lower block of a tackle is run close up to the upper one, so that you can hoist no higher, the blocks being together.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chock-a-block in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chock-a-block in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of chock-a-block in a Sentence

1. Mary McNamara:

   Television right now is chock-a-block with great stories and performances so there is almost too much great TV to pick winners, the question is, are we going to see the expanded universe of television better reflected in the winners?

2. Mary McNamara:

   Television right now is chock-a-block with great stories and performances so there is almost too much great TV to pick winners, the question is, are we going to see the expanded universe of television better reflected in the winners ?

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=chock-a-block
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chock-A-Block
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=chock-a-block
5. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=chock-a-block