Chack vs Chock - What's the difference?
chack | chock |
(ice-skating) To not broadcast a medal-winning or otherwise memorable or crucial figure skating performance. This only occurs in a live broadcast because the network has to decide which programs to show and which to cut in the interest of time. If a skater is low in the rankings and several big names are set to skate later, that performance may be cut.
*1998: Louis Epstein, US National Men's Final RESULTS in rec.sport.skating.ice.figure [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.skating.ice.figure/browse_thread/thread/5e40b3fa477ba70b/da64de9bdfc766b8?lnk=st&q=chack+skate&rnum=4#da64de9bdfc766b8]
*:Michael Chack pulled WAY up in the standings in his long [skate event]...but was chacked while we saw five guys skate worse!!
*2002: Jonas, International Skating Union Discussion Boards: Figure Skating: Yukari Nakano, the reigning world jr silver medalist, landed a triple axel [http://ww2.isu.org/discus/messages/1/34784a84.html?MondayOctober2120020203pm]
*:I'm hoping ABC doesn't chack her performance...how could they??
*2004: Rex, The Rest of Skate Canada: Phaneuf Rocks! The First Time I saw the Two Canadian Pairs Skate! in rec.sport.skating.ice.figure [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.skating.ice.figure/browse_thread/thread/d0998ee9fbbe1c72/26a9559efe8a5db7?lnk=st&q=chack+skate&rnum=20#26a9559efe8a5db7]
*:Did they chack Kostner's skate because of the fluff piece on the Russian pairs or not? I kind of like her and wanted to see her.
Any wooden block used as a wedge or filler
(nautical) Any fitting or fixture used to restrict movement, especially movement of a line; traditionally was a fixture near a bulwark with two horns pointing towards each other, with a gap between where the line can be inserted.
Blocks made of either wood, plastic or metal, used to keep a parked aircraft in position.
* 2000 , Lindbergh: A Biography , by Leonard Mosley,
To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.
To fill up, as a cavity.
* Fuller
(nautical) To insert a line in a chock.
(nautical) Entirely; quite.
To make a dull sound.
* 1913 , D.H. Lawrence,
As verbs the difference between chack and chock
is that chack is to toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle or chack can be (ice-skating) to not broadcast a medal-winning or otherwise memorable or crucial figure skating performance this only occurs in a live broadcast because the network has to decide which programs to show and which to cut in the interest of time if a skater is low in the rankings and several big names are set to skate later, that performance may be cut while chock is to stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch or chock can be (obsolete) to encounter or chock can be to make a dull sound.As a noun chock is
any wooden block used as a wedge or filler or chock can be (obsolete) an encounter.As an adverb chock is
(nautical) entirely; quite.chack
English
Etymology 1
Etymology 2
From , an American figure skater whose bronze medal winning performance at the 1993 US National Championships was not broadcast on televsion because the producers did not think he would win a medal.Verb
(en verb)References
*(Michael Chack) *Origins of the term 'Chack'*
rec.sport.skating.ice.figure FAQ*
Background information on Michael Chack*
Michael Chack on FSMEnglish eponyms
chock
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) choque (compare modern Norman chouque), from (etyl) *?okka (compare Breton ).Noun
(en noun)page 82
- On April 28, 1927, on Dutch Flats, below San Diego, signaled chocks -away to those on the ground below him.
Verb
(en verb)- The woodwork exactly chocketh into joints.
Derived terms
* chock full * chocks away * chock-a-block * unchockAdverb
(-)- chock''' home; '''chock aft
Etymology 2
(etyl) choquer. Compare shock (transitive verb).Etymology 3
Onomatopoeic.Verb
(en verb)- She saw him hurry to the door, heard the bolt chock . He tried the latch.