Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chock-house

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: chock---house
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A juke joint that sold chock, a highly potent homemade beer known commonly sold in logging and turpentine camps.

Example Sentences

"In the 'chock-houses' where a crude form of alcohol cost a matter of cents, pianists hit the keys in a rough-and-ready combination of ragtime and blues: barrelhouse, as it was called, after the rudest of joints where barrels supported a plank for the bar."
"When Jefferson did play juke joints or chock houses he would sometimes have a fiddler to accompany him, often Lorenzo Ross."
"In 1915 he performed on Dallas radio station WWR, and continued to play for tips at various social gathering places, including chock-houses (homes or stores where home-brewed alcohol was served) and juke joints in Dallas."

Inflected Forms

chock-houses (plural)

Questions

What does chock-house mean?: A juke joint that sold chock, a highly potent homemade beer known commonly sold in logging and turpentine camps.

How to pronounce chock-house

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “chock-house”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “chock-house”.
Repeat and practice — Say “chock-house” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.