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- noun Plural form of
chock . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
chock .
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Examples
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Screw in chocks, adjustable stock shims, light weight, light recoil and great relieability.
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Screw in chocks, adjustable stock shims, light weight, light recoil and great relieability.
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When thoroughly satisfied, each aviator took his place and his pilot signalled for the "chocks" to be withdrawn from in front of the wheels.
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And with so great expedition, that in less than a week thereafter, the craft is ready for launching, and on the next day it is run off the "chocks" into the water, a score of the Fuegian men lending helping hands.
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As examples of my will not to send aircrew up in unairworthy jets, on one occasion I refused to remove the chocks or disconnect my headset on a running jet, despite the Sqn Ldr in the back yelling at me to do so.
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Low tide on a recent morning at Traeth Coch, or Red Wharf Bay, saw yachts high and dry on chocks as seabirds swirled below the radiant cloudlets.
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Though, if I was to make an educated guess, I'd say we're halfway through knocking someone's chocks.
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The chocks were jerked out, the rail torn off, and the very covering-board splintered, and still the anchor held.
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Though, if I was to make an educated guess, I'd say we're halfway through knocking someone's chocks.
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Mila seems sad to lose her little sister figure, Jonathan chocks it up to ignorant youth, and Emilio advises us that quitters never win.
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