Meaning
Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
Etymology
Origin: Middle English
From Middle English *chokke (possibly attested in Middle English chokkefull), from Anglo-Norman choque (compare modern Norman chouque), from an Old Northern French variant of Old French çouche, çouche (“block, log”), of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *tsukka (compare Breton soc’h (“thick”), Old Irish tócht (“part, piece”), itself a metathetic borrowing of Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“stick, stock, piece of wood”). Doublet of stock.
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 2 recorded puzzles: