Chokka

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Crowded or full; at or near capacity.; Tightly packed, especially with people. informal

    "7 Stars decent and you can guess the band playing next door in the fleece by the clientele. and the bridge is now chokka since the college opened opposite, although if you get there early, you can have fun watching youngens trying to make rollies on the benches outside."

  2. 2
    Crowded or full; at or near capacity.; Very busy; having a full workload. informal

    "'I would if I could,' I said, I hoped convincingly, 'but you know what Mondays are like here. I'm absolutely chokka, but I've got an idea. Bill Hamer sees outpatients this afternoon, so I'll book him in there.'"

Example

More examples

"7 Stars decent and you can guess the band playing next door in the fleece by the clientele. and the bridge is now chokka since the college opened opposite, although if you get there early, you can have fun watching youngens trying to make rollies on the benches outside."

Etymology

Clipping of chock-a-block.

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