chock-full

adjective

ˈchək-ˈfu̇l  ˈchäk- 

-ˌfu̇l

variants or chockful

: full to the limit

hotels chock-full of tourists

Synonyms

• brimful
• brimming
• bursting
• chockablock
• crammed
• crowded
• fat
• filled
• full
• jam-packed
• jammed
• loaded
• packed
• stuffed

Examples of chock-full in a Sentence

returned from the buffet with a plate chock-full of food

Recent Examples on the Web

Throw in a tight scoreline, some inconsistent officiating at times and a chock-full away fan section that stood up singing the entire night, and things were bound to get chippy. —Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2025

And right now Amazon is chock-full of cooling pillows that are designed to keep your body’s temperature regulated all night long, even amidst warm, balmy weather. —Toni Sutton, People.com, 6 Apr. 2025

Tim Plowman and Jim Duke would famously reveal coca to be both benign and chock-full of vital nutrients, but their nutritional study came a generation too late to inform the bureaucratic and political process that led to the criminalization of the plant. —Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025

My social media feeds are chock-full of jokes about this. —Cate Martel, The Hill, 3 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English chokkefull, probably from choken to choke + full

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

chock-full

adjective

variants or chockful

ˈchək-ˈfu̇l,

ˈchäk-

: full to the limit

hotels chock-full of tourists