chock

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for chock

chock 🔊 /ʧɑˈk/

chock : සිදුරක් පුරවනවා

chock : කුහරයක් පුරවනවා

chock : අඩ තියනවා

chock : පුණුව

chock : කුහර පුරවනවා

chock : අඩය

chock : අඩයක් තබනවා

chock definition

Transitive verb.

  1. To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.
  2. To encounter.

Intransitive verb. To fill up, as a cavity.

Noun.

  1. A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, Especially. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it.
  2. A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc.
  3. An encounter.

Adverb. Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.