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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Verb

Prosecutors said Huerta tried to brake-check officers and even put the tow truck in reverse and drove toward officers at one point.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Ram will even sell you a 392 Track Pack, which adds better aero, handling, and braking for $82,790 total.

— Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 29 July 2026

Definition of brake

Verb

While some have cut off all contact with their families, others have forged fragile paths towards reconciliation.

— Michael-Oliver Harding, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Police were looking for 56-year-old Ricky Shane Lindsey on a felony warrant for cutting off his ankle monitor, Garcia told reporters late Saturday night.

— Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026

Definition of cut off

Verb

Oba Femi punched the chair out of Brock’s hand and stuck him with the Fall from Grace for the win.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
The Sparks, meanwhile, are stuck in their rebuild limbo, with several veterans on long-term contracts and just Rae Burrell on an expiring contract.

— Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of stick

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Since then, three more Manhattan office conversion projects have been ordered to partially pause or halt construction this month over issues ranging from missing paperwork to cracks in concrete beams.

— Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
The same day Hochul signed it, the White House issued an executive order seeking to halt state-level AI regulation in favor of a federal standard.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of halt

Verb

He’s been working as a clerk and is representing himself in an appeal, which stalled out in November, when Brun stopped filing paperwork.

— Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
Despite the heavy hitters attached, momentum has since stalled on the sci-fi project and it's sadly been shelved for the immediate future.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of stall

Verb

Denver, Toronto, Minnesota, Detroit and Cleveland are all jammed fairly close together.

— Tim Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
In embracing the breaks as a new opportunity to jam more marketing bucks into the funnel, Fox waltzed off with a bigger share of the World Cup’s largesse.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 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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