rock

• (General Australian) [ɹʷɔk]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɒk/
• Rhymes: -ɒk
• (US) enPR: rŏk, IPA^(key): /ɹɑk/

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• Homophones: roc, rawk

From Middle English rocke, rokke (“rock formation”), from Old English *rocc (“rock”), as in Old English stānrocc (“high stone rock, peak, obelisk”), and also later from Anglo-Norman roc, roce, roque (compare Modern French roc, roche, rocher), from Medieval Latin rocca (attested 767), from Vulgar Latin *rocca, of uncertain origin, sometimes said to be of Celtic (in particular, perhaps Gaulish [Term?]) origin (compare Breton roc'h).[1]

rock (countable and uncountable, plural rocks)

Solid mineral aggregate.

A boulder.

A yellow diamond.

Several rocks of crack cocaine.

1. A formation of minerals, specifically:
   1. (uncountable) The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.
      • 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:

        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.

      The face of the cliff is solid rock.

   2. A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water.

      The ship crashed on the rocks.

   3. (Britain) A boulder or large stone; or (US, Canada) a smaller stone; a pebble.

      Some fool has thrown a rock through my window.

   4. (geology) Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals.
   5. (slang) A precious stone or gem, especially a diamond.

      Look at the size of that rock on her finger!

2. A large hill or island having no vegetation.
   • Pearl, Wikipedia

     The location is particularly well known for its Pearl Mountain or "Pearl Rock". This huge granite rock is formed by three rounded outcrops that make up Pearl Mountain and has been compared in majesty to Uluru (formerly known as Ayers Rock) in Australia."

   Pearl Rock near Cape Cod is so named because the morning sun makes it gleam like a pearl.

3. (figuratively) Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.
   • 1611, King James Bible, Matthew 16:18,

     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.

4. A lump or cube of ice.

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

5. (Britain, uncountable) 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!

6. (US, slang) A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.
7. (US, slang) An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes.
8. (South Africa, slang, derogatory) An Afrikaner.
9. (US poker slang) An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands.
10. Any of several fish:
    1. The striped bass.
    2. The huss or rock salmon.

       We ordered rock and chips to take away.

11. (US, basketball, slang) A basketball.

    Yo homie, pass the rock!

12. (rock paper scissors) 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.

• (natural mineral aggregate): stone
• (projecting mass of rock): cliff
• (boulder or large stone): boulder, pebble, stone
• (something strong, stable, and dependable): foundation, support
• (precious stone or gem): gem, diamond
• (lump of ice): ice, ice cube
• (crystallized lump of crack cocaine): crack
• (Afrikaner): Afrikaner
• bedrock

• (geology): country rock

From Middle English rokken, from Old English roccian, from Proto-Germanic *rukkōną (compare obsolete Dutch rokken, Middle High German rocken (“to drag, jerk”), Modern German rücken (“to move, shift”), Icelandic rukka (“to yank”)), from Proto-Germanic *rugnōną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ruk-néh₂, from *h₃runk- (compare Latin runcāre (“to weed”), Latvian rũķēt (“to toss, dig”)).

rock (third-person singular simple present rocks, present participle rocking, simple past and past participle rocked)

1. (transitive and intransitive) To move gently back and forth.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 12, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.

   Rock the baby to sleep.

   The empty swing rocked back and forth in the wind.

2. (transitive) To cause to shake or sway violently.
   • John Dryden

     A rising earthquake rocked the ground.

   Don't rock the boat.

3. (intransitive) To sway or tilt violently back and forth.

   The boat rocked at anchor.

4. (transitive and intransitive, of ore etc.) To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.

   The ores had been rocked and laid out for inspection.

5. (transitive) 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.

6. (intransitive) To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.
   • 2012 April 24, Phil Dawkes, “Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:

     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.

7. (euphemistic) to make love to or have sex with someone.

   Yarbrough & Peoples, "Don't Stop the Music": I just wanna rock you, all night long.

   Andy Kim, "Rock Me Gently": Rock me gently, rock me slowly, take it easy, don't you know, that I have never been loved like this before.

   George_McCrae, "Rock Your Baby": Open up your heart / And let the loving start / Oh, woman, take me in your arms / Rock your baby.

rock (plural rocks)

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

Shortened from rock and roll. Since the meaning of rock has adapted to mean a simpler, more modern, metal-like genre, rock and roll has generally been left referring to earlier forms such as that of the 1950s, notably more swing-oriented style.

rock (uncountable)

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

• (style of music):

rock (third-person singular simple present rocks, present participle rocking, simple past and past participle rocked)

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

   Let’s rock!

2. (intransitive, slang) To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.

   Chocolate rocks.

   My holidays in Ibiza rocked! I can't wait to go back.

3. (transitive) to thrill or excite, especially with rock music

   Let's rock this joint!

4. (transitive) to do something with excitement yet skillfully

   I need to rock a piss.

5. (transitive) To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style).
   • 2011, Tim Jonze, The Guardian, 29 Apr 2011:

     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.

   • 2012 May 8, “Rhianna dazzles at the Met Gala”, in The Sun newspaper‎:

     Rihanna was the pick of the best bunch, rocking a black backless crocodile dress from Tom Ford’s Autumn 2012 collection

• (be very favourable or skilful): rule

• (be very favourable or skilful): suck

• rock and roll

From Middle English rok, rocke, rokke, perhaps from Middle Dutch rocke (whence Dutch rok), Middle Low German rocken, or Old Norse rokkr (whence Icelandic / Faroese rokkur, Danish rok, Swedish spinnrock (“spinning wheel”)). Cognate with Old High German rocko (“distaff”).

rock (countable and uncountable, plural rocks)

1. (countable) Distaff.
   • Spenser

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

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chapman to this entry?)

2. (uncountable) The flax or wool on a distaff.

• (distaff): distaff
• (flax or wool):

rock (plural rocks)

1. Archaic form of roc (mythical bird)

• Cork, cork

rock m (uncountable)

1. rock, rock music

From English rock.

rock m

1. rock (style of music)

• rockový

From English rock.

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• Rhymes: -ɔk
• IPA^(key): /rɔk/

rock m (uncountable)

1. rock (style of music)

From English rock

• IPA^(key): /ˈrok/, [ˈro̞k]

rock

1. rock (style of music)

• rock-musiikki
• rokki

• rokata
• rokkari
• suomirock

• hevirock
• rockelokuva
• rockmusiikki
• rockooppera
• rocktähti
• rockvideo
• rockyhtye

Borrowed from English rock.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔk/

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rock m (uncountable)

1. rock (style of music)

• (n.) rockeur m / rockeuse f
• (v.) rocker

• “rock” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From English

rock m

1. rock (style of music)

• roque

From English rock.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɔk/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔk/, /ˈʁɔ.ki/

rock m (uncountable)

1. rock (style of music)

• rock and roll

• roqueiro m, roqueiro f

From English rock.

• IPA^(key): [rok]

rock m (plural rocks)

1. rock (music style)

• roquero m, roquera f
• rockero m, rockera f
• rockear m, roquear m
• rockódromo m

• rocanrol m
• rocanrolero m
• rock and roll m

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rock c

1. a coat, an overcoat
2. (music, uncountable) rock, rock and roll

• kappa
• päls
• trenchcoat
• ulster

• rockband
• rockmusik
• rockslag
• söndagsrock
• vinterrock
• ytterrock