different between movement vs chockablock

English

Alternative forms

• mov., movt, mvmt, mvt (abbreviation and contractions used in music)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French movement (modern French mouvement), from movoir + -ment; cf. also Medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere (“move”). Doublet of moment and momentum.

Morphologically move +? -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mu?v.m?nt/
• Hyphenation: move?ment

Noun

movement (countable and uncountable, plural movements)

1. Physical motion between points in space.

   Synonym: motion

   Antonym: stasis

2. (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch.
3. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
4. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals

6. (music) A large division of a larger composition.

7. (music) Melodic progression, accentual character, tempo or pace.
8. (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.

9. (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.

10. (bridge) A pattern in which pairs change opponents and boards move from table to table in duplicate bridge.
11. An act of emptying the bowels.
12. (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• speed
• symphony
• vector
• velocity
• The Movement (literature)

Middle French

Alternative forms

• mouvement

Etymology

From Old French movement.

Noun

movement m (plural movemens)

1. movement

Descendants

• French: mouvement

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan; equivalent to mover +? -ment. Cf. also Medieval Latin movimentum.

Noun

movement m (plural movements)

1. movement (physical motion)
2. movement (trend in various fields)

Related terms

• mòure / mover

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, ?ISBN, page 664.

Old French

Etymology

movoir +? -ment; cf. also Medieval Latin m?vimentum (itself probably partly based on the Old French or other early Romance cognates), from Latin move?.

Noun

movement m (oblique plural movemenz or movementz, nominative singular movemenz or movementz, nominative plural movement)

1. movement

Descendants

• English: movement
• Middle French: movement, mouvement
  • French: mouvement

English

Alternative forms

• chock-a-block
• chock a block
• choc-a-bloc

Etymology

chock + a + block

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??k??bl?k/

Adjective

chockablock (comparative more chockablock, superlative most chockablock)

1. (nautical) (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.
2. (by extension) Jammed tightly together; very crowded; completely filled or stuffed.

   Some of Sardinia's gorgeous seaside towns have lately been invaded by builders who erected chockablock housing that catered to middle-income tourists but threatened to spoil the landscape.

Derived terms

• chock
• chocka
• chocker
• chockers
• chokka

Translations

Adverb

chockablock (comparative more chockablock, superlative most chockablock)

1. In a crowded manner; as completely or closely as possible.

   His study had books stacked chockablock on every shelf.

   The meeting hall was chockablock full of angry citizens.

   • 2012, The Economist, Oct 13th 2012, Free exchange: Concrete gains

     AMERICA is full of vast, empty spaces. Europe, by contrast, seems chock-a-block with humanity, its history shaped by a lack of continental elbowroom.

Related terms

• chockful, chockfull, chock-full, chock full