chocka

English

Etymology

Truncated form of chockablock.

Adjective

chocka (not comparable)

1. (informal) Filled to capacity.
   • 2011, ITV Studios Ltd., The Loose Women Book for Lovely Mums, →ISBN:

     When I lived with my mum, the only thing we ever argued about was her food shopping addiction. Every single cupboard was chocka, the fridge was chocka, the freezer was chocka.

   • 2012, Chris Brady, Life Begins at 49, →ISBN:

     So we were more than a bit deflated when we found the hostel, only to be told that it was just about chocka, but that we could have separate rooms for an inflated price if we wanted.

   • 2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 141:

     It's gone ten, the place is chocka, and Günter's two saisonnières - one skinny girl in Hamlet black, the other plumper, frillier and blonder -- are busy with orders.

Anagrams

• Chacko

Swedish

Etymology

chock +‎ -a. Attested since 1956.

Verb

chocka (present chockar, preterite chockade, supine chockat, imperative chocka)

1. shock (cause intense surprise or horror)

Conjugation

Conjugation of chocka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	chocka		chockas
Supine	chockat		chockats
Imperative	chocka		—
Imper. plural1	chocken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	chockar	chockade	chockas	chockades
Ind. plural1	chocka	chockade	chockas	chockades
Subjunctive2	chocke	chockade	chockes	chockades
	Participles
Present participle	chockande
Past participle	chockad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• chockera

References

• chocka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• chocka in Svensk ordbok (SO)