Chocker vs Choker - What's the difference?
chocker | choker |
(informal) Tightly packed, especially with people.
* 1947, Charles Brasch, Landfall , Caxton Press, Page 492
* 2001, Brian Thacker, Rule No.5 - No Sex on the Bus: Confessions of a tour leader , Allen & Unwin, Page 143
* 2003, Phillip Scott, Gay Resort Murder Shock , Alyson Publishing, Page 155
* 2005, Rachael Weiss and Julie Adams, Are We There Yet?: Rach and Jules take to the open road , Allen & Unwin, Page 209
(senseid)A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace, tight to the throat.
* 2010 , Alice Fisher, The Observer , 24 Oct 2010:
One who, or that which, chokes or strangles.
One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.
(slang) Any disappointing or upsetting circumstance.
One who performs badly at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when winning.
As an adjective chocker
is tightly packed, especially with people.As a noun choker is
(jewelry or accessory)A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace, tight to the throat.chocker
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Alternative forms
* chockersAdjective
(en adjective)- The place was absolutely packed. It was chocker .
- The largest of these service chains in Italy is Agip, and these mini-cities in the middle of nowhere are always absolutely chocker with people. Half of Italy must be in these places at any one time.
- He briskly flicked through the catalogue. "And this seemingly innocent museum is chocker with old airplane parts!"
- Australia is chocker with beaches strait from paradise, and Terrigal is a beach holiday mecca? I'm gobsmacked.
choker
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Noun
(en noun)- She appears on the 90th anniversary issue of French Vogue wearing nothing but a mask, gloves and a choker – everything but her now iconic gap-toothed pout and impressive cleavage is obscured.
- I lost £100 on the horses today — what a choker!
