Chock or Chocks may refer to:
Devices for preventing movement
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Wheel chock
Wheel chocks (or chocks) are wedges of sturdy material placed closely against a vehicle's wheels to prevent accidental movement. Chocks are placed for safety in addition to setting the brakes. The bottom surface is sometimes coated in rubber ...
, tool to prevent accidental movement
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Chock (climbing)
In rock climbing, a nut (or ''chock'' or ''chockstone'' or wire for the smallest versions) is a metal wedge threaded on a wire that climbers use for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock. Quickdraws are clipped to the nut wire by the ...
, anchor
* Chock, component of a
sailing block
Other uses
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Chock (surname)
Chock is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Eric Chock, Hawaiian poet, scholar and editor
* Madison Chock (born 1992), American dancer
* Naomi Takemoto-Chock (floruit, fl. 1980s), American psychologist
* Travis Chock (Born 1982), ...
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''Chock'' (TV series), a Swedish horror television series
* Chock, a Swedish-language edition of
Chill
In computing, CHILL (an acronym for CCITT High Level Language) is a procedural programming language designed for use in telecommunication switches (the hardware used inside telephone exchanges). The language is still used for legacy systems ...
* Chocks, a children's multivitamin product made by
Miles Laboratories
Miles Laboratories (originally the Dr. Miles Medical Company) was a pharmaceutical company founded in Elkhart, Indiana, in 1884 by Dr. Franklin L. Miles, a specialist in the treatment of eye and ear disorders, with an interest in the connection ...
See also
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Choc (disambiguation) CHOC may mean:
* ''CHOC'' (magazine), a Pan-Arabian women's magazine
* The Cambridge History of China
* Canadian House of Commons, a common name for the House of Commons of Canada
* Children's Hospital of Orange County, California, USA
* Chocolate ...
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Chok (disambiguation)
CHOK (1070 kHz, "CHOK 103.9 FM & 1070 AM") is a Canadian commercial radio station, licensed to Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, and owned by Blackburn Radio. The station broadcasts a country music format with local all-news radio, talk radio and spo ...
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Chocky
''Chocky'' is a science fiction novel by British writer John Wyndham. It was first published as a Novella, novelette in the March 1963 issue of ''Amazing Stories'' and later developed into a novel in 1968, published by Michael Joseph. The BBC ...
''", short story
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Chock full o'Nuts
Chock full o'Nuts is an American brand of coffee that originated from a chain of New York City coffee shops.
Its unusual name derives from the 18 nut shops that founder William Black (c. 1902–1983) established with the brand in the city begin ...
, coffee brand
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Railway wheel stop
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