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A parking space commonly contains a parking chock (also known as a parking curb, parking bumper, wheel stop, parking chock, curb stop, bumper block, [2] and turtarrier [citation needed]), a barrier which is used to prevent cars from pulling too far into the space and obstructing an adjacent parking space, curb, or sidewalk.
In sailing, a block is a single or multiple pulley. One or a number of sheaves are enclosed in an assembly between cheeks or chocks. In use, a block is fixed to the end of a line, to a spar, or to a surface. A line (rope) is reeved through the sheaves, and maybe through one or more matching blocks at some far end, to make up a tackle.
Chock-A-Block is a BBC children's television programme, created by Michael Cole and Nick Wilson. It was first shown in 1981 and repeated through to 1989 and shown as part of the children's programme cycle See-Saw (the "new" name for the cycle originally known as Watch with Mother ).
A wheel chock [230] [231] Slack action (US) Looseness in a train caused by mating clearances in couplers [225] Slug A locomotive, with or without an operator's cab, which lacks a diesel engine, and draws power for its traction motors from a normal locomotive, known as a "mate" or "mother" [45] [49] Smokestack or stack (US) A chimney [232] Smurf ...
Acknowledgement, meaning "I heard you" or "I understand." Cotton choppers Term for a group of people seen as bothersome or annoying. Occasionally used in a friendly fashion as a rough term of endearment to refer to others. Sometimes used to refer to other people in general, especially those who do not use CB radio. Cotton-pickin'
As a noun, this word refers to a piece of bread that's crispy and brown on both sides (due to heat exposure). OK, that's it for hints—I don't want to totally give it away before revealing the ...
I mean, it was bad-bad. “Hopefully over time, that if we get more time, which would be hopeful …” “Hopefully over time, that if we get more time, which would be hopeful …” Woof.
In a package of bills announced Monday, the Dems want to adjust the legal standard to make it easier to sue a campus that has allowed discriminatory harassment to go unchecked as well as ensure ...