Definition of "chockablock" [chock•a•block]

• (of a ship's hoisting tackle) Having the blocks drawn close together so no further movement is possible, as when the tackle is hauled to the utmost. (adjective)
• Jammed tightly together; very crowded; completely filled or stuffed. (adjective)
• In a crowded manner; as completely or closely as possible. (adverb)

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• "As Macdonald points out, primitive life could have survived global glaciation: "modern-day ice cracks off Antarctica are 'chockablock' with single-celled life-forms," he told National Geographic."
• "My analogy was if our soldiers targeted with teargas and potientially incendiary material an area known to be chockablock full of women and children."
• "Arranged as a journey from postmodernism's beginnings as an architectural revolt and recapturing of history, and passing through spaces shaped like vectors, the exhibition is chockablock with material at all scales—from the tiniest polished-steel spoon with Mickey Mouse ears to the true-to-size reproduction of the towering "historical" columns from the 1980 architecture biennale in Venice."