choc

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɒk/

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• Rhymes: -ɒk
• Homophone: chock

choc (countable and uncountable, plural chocs)

1. (informal) Clipping of chocolate.

   mint choc chip ice cream; a box of chocs

• choc ice

• choc-a-bloc

16th century, from choquer (“to hit, to shock”); influenced by Italian ciocco.

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔk

choc m (plural chocs)

1. hit, strike
2. shock (surprise, startling)
3. electrical shock
4. clash
5. episode

• IPA^(key): /tʃɔk/, /tʃɒk/

choc m (plural chocs)

1. (Louisiana) Alternative form of tchoque (“blackbird”)

• “choc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

choc

1. insect

• Stairs Kreger, Glenn Albert; Scharfe de Stairs, Emily Florence; Olvaries Oviedo, Proceso; Ponce Villanueva, Tereso; Comonfort Llave, Lorenzo (1981) Diccionario huave de San Mateo del Mar (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 24)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 93

choc (plural chocs or choches)

1. shock

Unadapted borrowing from French choc.

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈʃɔk/
• Rhymes: -ɔk

choc m (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of shock