rock

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A formation of minerals, specifically

   A formation of minerals, specifically:

   • The face of the cliff is solid rock.
   • Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.[…]Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.
2. 2

   A large hill or island having no vegetation.

   • The captain named it Pearl Rock after the rising sun illuminated the surface of the island.
3. 3

   Something that is strong, stable, and dependable

   Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.

   • And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
   • 1991, Robert Harling and Andrew Bergman, Soapdish, Paramount Pictures, Celeste Talbert: She is my rock, my right hand.
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   1. 4

      A lump or cube of ice.

      • I'll have a whisky on the rocks, please.
   2. 5

      A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having…

      A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length.

      • While we're in Brighton, let's get a stick of rock!
      • With my little stick of Blackpool rock/Along the promenade I stroll.
      • Most Kenyans blithely assumed that if the British high commissioner said something, it represented British policy, a thought-through position running from one end of government to the other, like the lettering in a stick of Brighton rock.
   3. 6

      A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.

      • I ain't guilty, ‘cause even though I sell rocks / It feels good puttin' money in your mailbox
      • When I necked five-quid bottles of vodka, I did not read the label. When I scored rocks and bags off tumbleweed hobos blowing through the no-man's-land of Hackney estates, I conducted no litmus test.
   4. 7

      An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes.

   5. 8

      An Afrikaner.

   6. 9

      An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands.

   7. 10

      Any of several fish

      Any of several fish:

   8. 11

      A basketball.

      • Yo homie, pass the rock!
   9. 12

      A mistake.

      • Now, you should never make the last out of an inning at third, and when a player does it, everyone knows he pulled a rock.
   10. 13

       Synonym of stone.

   11. 14

       A closed hand (a handshape resembling a rock), that beats scissors and loses to paper. It…

       A closed hand (a handshape resembling a rock), that beats scissors and loses to paper. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.

   12. 15

       A cricket ball, especially a new one that has not been softened by use

   13. 16

       A crystal used to control the radio frequency.

       • It was easily possible to double the cost of a CB rig just by adding all of the "rocks" necessary to do the job.
   14. 17

       To pelt with rocks

       To pelt with rocks; to stone.

       • Do you chaps mean to say you didn't make Rabbits-Eggs drunk and bribe him to rock King's rooms?
   15. 18

       To move gently back and forth.

       • Rock the baby to sleep.
       • The empty swing rocked back and forth in the wind.
       • To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.
   16. 19

       To cause to shake or sway violently.

       • Don't rock the boat.
       • A rising earthquake rocked the ground.
       • The lights of Luluabourg disappeared, and we were in the blackness of the African night, which was continuously pierced by the showers of red sparks ejected skywards and red hot ashes deposited on the track as the fireman rocked his fire.
   17. 20

       To sway or tilt violently back and forth.

       • The boat rocked at anchor.
   18. 21

       To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.

       • The ores had been rocked and laid out for inspection.
   19. 22

       To disturb the emotional equilibrium of

       To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).

       • Downing Street has been rocked by yet another sex scandal.
       • She rocked my world.
   20. 23

       To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.

       • The Blues' challenge had been rocking at that point, with Terry's centre-back partner Gary Cahill lost to injury and Barca having just levelled the tie through Busquets's neat, close-range finish from Isaac Cuenca's pull-back.
   21. 24

       To be very favourable or skilful

       To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.

       • Chocolate rocks.
       • My holidays in Ibiza rocked! I can't wait to go back.
   22. 25

       To make love to or have sex (with).

       • I wanna rock!
       • Cum on feel the noize, girls, rock your boys.
       • Rock me gently, rock me slowly, take it easy, don't you know, that I have never been loved like this before.
   23. 26

       An act of rocking

       An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway.

   24. 27

       A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually…

       A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboards (often), and vocals.

   25. 28

       To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.

       • Let's rock!
       • I wanna rock! (Rock!) / I wanna rock! (Rock!) / I want to rock! (Rock!) / I wanna rock! (Rock!)
   26. 29

       To thrill or excite, especially with rock music.

       • Let's rock this joint!
   27. 30

       To have people dancing and enjoying rock music.

       • The scene was rocking, all were digging the sounds Igor on chains, backed by his baying hounds The coffin-bangers were about to arrive With their vocal group, The Crypt-Kicker Five.
   28. 31

       To do something with excitement yet skillfully.

       • I need to rock a piss.
   29. 32

       To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style

       To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style).

       • I call all the shots, rip all the spots / Rock all the rocks, cop all the drops
       • Take today, where she's rocking that well-known fashion combo – a Tory Burch outfit offset with a whacking great bruise attained by smacking her head on a plane's overhead lockers.
       • Rihanna was the pick of the best bunch, rocking a black backless crocodile dress from Tom Ford’s Autumn 2012 collection
   30. 33

       Distaff.

       • Sad Clotho held the rocke, the whiles the thread / By grisly Lachesis was spun with pain, / That cruel Atropos eftsoon undid.
   31. 34

       The flax or wool on a distaff.

   32. 35

       Archaic form of roc (mythical bird).

   33. 36

       A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a rock or an oak (…

       A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a rock or an oak ( atter + oke ).

   34. 37

       A male given name transferred from the surname.

   35. 38

       A number of places in England

       A number of places in England:

   36. 39

       A place in Wales

       A place in Wales:

   37. 40

       The Rock, a village south-west of Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

   38. 41

       A number of places in the United States

       A number of places in the United States:

   39. 42

       the Rock

The neighborhood

• synonymnatural mineral aggregate
• synonymbedrock
• synonymsway
• synonymshake
• synonymhit
• synonymsleep with
• synonymcopulate with
• synonymwavermove gently back and forth
• synonymjuddersway violently back and forth
• neighborcountry rock
• neighborready to rock
• neighborrock and roll
• neighborrock
• neighborRock Ferry
• neighborRockite
• neighborthe Rock