chock-a-block full

English

Adjective

chock-a-block full (not comparable)

1. Synonym of chock full.
   • 2010, Kevin C. Mills, Sons and Daughters of the Ocean, →ISBN:

     The place is chock-a-block full of old empty bottles on shelves, a collection from around the world.

   • 2011, Katharine Miller, 30 Failures by Age 30, →ISBN:

     Until I was 16 I had no idea that escalators could terrify me. Then I met the one in the CNN building—steep, multi-storied, and chock-a-block full of people.

   • 2013, Carole Davis, From Shaw Island to the Black Sea, →ISBN, page 86:

     I set up a collapsible table, right next to a small, cherry dresser that is chock-a-block full of travel supplies: our world phone, with instructions because we have to relearn how to use it for every trip; battery chargers for laptop, camera and phone; spot remover; blow-up airline pillows; sample-sized toiletries; insect repellant, sunscreen and neosporin; an expandable clothesline; Woolite in travel-size pouches; a mending kit I'v never used (I'm a safety pin girl and loathe sewing); a plastic compression bag for my favorite pillow (yeah, I grudgingly admit that I now travel with my own).