chockling

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chockling

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From chock (“choke”) + -le + -ing.

noun

UK, dialectal, no plural A hectoring or scolding
Similar: berating, dirdum, throughgoing, browbeating, chiding, chockling, correption, down the banks, dressing down, going over, jawing, lecture

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"chockling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chockling. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"chockling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chockling.

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@misc{chockling_2026,
  title = {chockling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chockling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}