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Entry 7 senses · 6 variants Webster, 1913

Chock

/chäk/ · IPA /t͡ʃɑk/
01 v. t. To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.
imp. & p. p. Chocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chocking
  1. 1.
    To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.
02 v. i. To fill up, as a cavity.
  1. 1.
    To fill up, as a cavity.
03 n. A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from m…
  1. 1.
    A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it.
  2. 2.
    A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc.(Naut.)
04 adv. Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.
  1. 1.
    Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.(Naut.)
05 v. t. To encounter.
  1. 1.
    To encounter.[Obs.]
06 n. An encounter.
  1. 1.
    An encounter.[Obs.]