chock-a-block
Packed to bursting
Chock-a-block means completely full or tightly packed together: The shelves were chock-a-block with books, The harbor was chock-a-block with fishing boats.
The term comes from nautical use, describing when two pulleys in a block-and-tackle system are drawn together as tightly as possible.
Often shortened to chocka in British and Australian slang.
packed
Overfilled or overstuffed
- stuffedFilled beyond capacity
- jammedUnable to move freely
- overcrowdedFilled beyond capacity
- teemingAbundantly full of
bursting · brimming · overflowing · congested · cramped · heaving · swamped · mobbed
crammed
Overfilled or overstuffed
- stuffedFilled beyond capacity
- jammedUnable to move freely
- overcrowdedFilled beyond capacity
teeming · bursting · brimming · overflowing · congested · cramped · heaving · swamped · mobbed · cluttered
replete
Completely filled
saturated · glutted · overloaded · burdened · filled · maxed-out · jam-packed · brimful
rigging
Ropes controlling ship sails