chocker
/ˈtʃɒkə
/adjective [predicative] informal
1British Tired of or disgusted with something: I’m a little chocker with this place
2 (Australian also chockers) British Full: the church was chocker with flowers...
- The gig venue was chockers full of Aussies, all seemingly determined to assert their Aussiness.
- When I got it five years ago I only had two holes filled, methinks it'll be completely chockers by next year.
- September is chockers with unsuitable election dates, ranging from September 11, which would be crass, to the AFL grand final on September 25, which would be unpopular, and lots of school holidays.
Origin
Second World War (originally naval slang): from chock-a-block.
Rhymes
- prickle pear
- prickless
- pricklet
- prickle-yellow
- prickliness
- pricklish
- pricklouse
- prickly
- prickly ash
- prickly box
- prickly broom
- prickly cedar
- prickly comfrey
- prickly fern
- prickly glasswort
- prickly grass
- prickly heat
- prickly lettuce
- prickly melon
- prickly Moses
- prickly palm
- prickly parsnip
- prickly pear
- prickly pole
- prickly poppy