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# choc

noun (a choc, chocs); short form of chocolate (informal, UK, Australia, New Zealand)

«choc» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal) Chocolate, or a single chocolate sweet: a box of chocs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choc/#m1)
2. (in compounds) choc ice: an ice cream bar covered in chocolate; choc chip: small pieces of chocolate in cookies or ice cream; choc-top (Australia, New Zealand): an ice-cream cone dipped in chocolate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choc/#m2)

### In the lessons

A clipped, chatty word used in shops, adverts and family talk, especially in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. In maths problems chocs are shared and counted like sweets. Phrases: choc chip cookie, choc ice, chocs away (old jokey phrase for "let's go").

### Examples

- Can I have a choc chip cookie? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choc/#x1)
- Grandma brought a big box of chocs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choc/#x2)
- (Australia) We bought choc-tops at the cinema. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choc/#x3)
- (UK) A choc ice melts fast on a hot day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choc/#x4)
- There are 24 chocs in the box; shared between 4 of us, that's 6 each. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choc/#x5)
- Too many chocs are bad for your teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choc/#x6)

### Note

Informal short form of chocolate; write "chocolate" in school work. Countable for a single sweet (two chocs). Not used for hot chocolate drinks.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «choc» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choc/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«choc» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/choc.html) on Mova free.