Chokkefull

Part of speech: adjective, adverb

Definitions

1. Filled right to the top with no room left, packed so tightly that nothing more could fit
2. Crammed to capacity, stuffed so completely that the container or space has no room to spare
3. Packed full to overflowing, with every available gap or opening taken up by what is inside

Etymology: The "choke" in this word is the verb meaning to block a passage, so the original sense was roughly "filled so full that the passage is blocked." The spelling "chokkefull" is a variant of "chokefull," which joins the verb "choke" to "full." Later English often spelled it "chockfull," and many writers may have associated the word with "chock," a wooden wedge used to block a wheel, but the two are probably not the same source. The compound seems to have appeared in English around the 16th century, though I am not certain of the exact first recorded use.