Chock vs. Scotch — What's the Difference?

A block or wedge placed under something else, such as a wheel, to keep it from moving.

To put an abrupt end to

(Nautical) A heavy fitting of metal or wood with two jaws curving inward, through which a rope or cable may be run.

To injure so as to render harmless

To fit with or secure by a chock

(Archaic) To cut or score

(Nautical) To place (a boat) on blocks or wedges.

To block (a wheel, for example) with a prop to prevent rolling or slipping.

As close as possible

A surface cut or abrasion.

Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.

A line drawn on the ground, as one used in playing hopscotch.

(nautical) Any fitting or fixture used to restrict movement, especially movement of a line; traditionally was a fixture near a bulwark with two horns pointing towards each other, with a gap between where the line can be inserted.

A block or wedge used as a prop behind or under an object likely to roll.

(obsolete) An encounter.

(used with a pl. verb) The people of Scotland.

(transitive) To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.

Scots.

To fill up, as a cavity.

Scotch whisky.

(nautical) To insert a line in a chock.

Scottish. See Usage Note at Scottish.

(obsolete) To encounter.

(Offensive) Frugal or stingy.

To make a dull sound.

A surface cut or abrasion.

(nautical) Entirely; quite.

A line drawn on the ground, as one used in playing hopscotch.

To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.

A block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping.

To fill up, as a cavity.

Scotch tape

To encounter.

(transitive) To cut or score; to wound superficially.

A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it.

(transitive) To prevent (something) from being successful.

A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc.

(transitive) To debunk or discredit an idea or rumor.

An encounter.

(transitive) To block a wheel or other round object.

Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.

(transitive) To dress (stone) with a pick or pointed instrument.

A block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object

To beat yarn in order to break up slugs and align the threads.

Secure with chocks

To clothe or cover up.

Support on chocks;

To rape.

As completely as possible;

Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish.

The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland.

Collectively, the people of Scotland.

A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground.

A slight cut or incision; a score.

To shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc., as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping.

To cut superficially; to wound; to score.

A slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)

Whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still

Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;

Make a small cut or score into

Of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language;

Avoiding waste;