CHOCK Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

chock

verb

Definition of chock

as in to brake

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Recent Examples of chock Part of this could be chocked up to the decline in Amazon’s marketing budget. — Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024 Joe Skipper | Reuters Falcon 9 has been on an unrivaled run of success for nearly a decade, chocking up more than 300 consecutive successful orbital launches since its previous inflight failure in June 2015, during the NASA cargo mission CRS-7. — Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 12 July 2024 Well, the top of the first round is expected to chock full of SEC players with perhaps as many as half of their first 10 picks coming from college’s premier conference. — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 27 June 2023 Drury chocked up the low ticket prices on the secondary market to low expectations for the Red Sox season — Drury himself is frustrated with the team’s offseason moves, or lack thereof — or the chilly weather. — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for chock

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Witness Hoon Chan Sim, 53, was sitting on a park lawn with his dog near West Drive when he was startled by the squeal of braking tires, and spun around to see the horrific collision.

— Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
By braking the inside wheels while driving the outside wheels forwards, the system allows the SUV to rotate through 360 degrees on the spot.

— Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of brake

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D4vd then allegedly cut off her left ring and pinky fingers because her ring finger had a tattoo of his name.

— Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Fenced in and barred from foraging, fishing, hunting, and farming, Indigenous peoples were intentionally cut off from the calorie-rich landscapes that had fed them for millennia.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

Definition of cut off

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After Ospreay saved Omega, Omega stuck Ospreay with a One Winged Angel and AEW Redemption mercifully went off the air.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
The Ravens waived Diego Pavia this week, which cut down on competition for UConn’s Joe Fagnano to stick as a rookie, undrafted free agent quarterback.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026

Definition of stick

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And PrEP distribution has been halted to everyone but pregnant and lactating women.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Related Stories The states, led by California, are also seeking a preliminary injunction that would halt the deal indefinitely, until a trial is held on the merits on their case.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 July 2026

Definition of halt

Verb

In 2019, the Oceanside City Council approved a tentative plan for a previous developer to build 48 townhomes on the property, but the idea stalled.

— Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2026
Their cases are among thousands that went cold after leads dried up and investigations stalled.

— Saleen Martin, USA Today, 25 July 2026

Definition of stall

Verb

Growing up, Tanner Dane and his best-friends-turned-bandmates used to spend hours and hours jamming in his Elgin attic.

— Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
In the video, the rocker struts around in stage dressed in all black with slick white boots, jamming on his guitar.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

Definition of jam

Verb

With its forces on high alert, Israel is drawing up operational plans for a further escalation in the US-Iran conflict, three Israeli sources said, but for now remains on the sidelines and has no imminent plans to join.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Rudi Garcia then arguably drew up the game plan of the tournament, leaving Lukaku, Kevin De Bruyne and Jeremy Doku out of his starting XI and still managing to humiliate the hosts.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026

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