ALL meanings of rock
rock
R r - verb rock to reel or sway or cause (someone) to reel or sway, as with a violent shock or emotion 0
- verb rock to shake or move (something) violently 0
- verb rock to dance in the rock-and-roll style 0
- verb rock to wash (ore) or (of ore) to be washed in a cradle 0
- verb rock to roughen (a copper plate) with a rocker before engraving a mezzotint 0
- verb rock to impress by wearing (an item of clothing) or playing (a musical instrument) 0
- noun rock a rocking motion 0
- noun rock any of various styles of pop music having a heavy beat, derived from rock and roll 0
- noun rock a large mass of stone forming a peak or cliff 0
- noun rock a large stone detached from the mass; boulder 0
- noun rock broken pieces of any size of such stone 0
- noun rock any stone, large or small 0
- noun rock mineral matter variously composed, formed in masses or large quantities in the earth's crust by the action of heat, water, etc. 0
- noun rock a particular kind or mass of this 0
- noun rock anything like or suggesting a rock, as in strength or stability; esp., a firm support, basis, refuge, etc. 0
- abbreviation ROCK rockfish 0
- noun rock a hard candy made in sticks 0
- noun rock rock candy 0
- noun rock a diamond or other gem 0
- noun rock crack cocaine or a single piece of it 0
- verb transitive rock to move or sway back and forth or from side to side (a cradle, a child in the arms, etc.), esp. in a gentle, quieting manner 0
- verb transitive rock to bring into a specified condition by moving or swaying in this way 0
- verb transitive rock to move or sway strongly; shake; cause to tremble or vibrate 0
- verb transitive rock to upset emotionally 0
- verb transitive rock to prepare the surface of (a plate) for a mezzotint by roughening with a rocker (sense 5) 0
- verb transitive rock to wash (sand or gravel) in a rocker (sense 4) 0
- intransitive verb rock to move or sway back and forth or from side to side, as a cradle 0
- intransitive verb rock to move or sway strongly; shake; vibrate 0
- intransitive verb rock to be rocked, as ore 0
- noun rock the act of rocking 0
- abbreviation ROCK rock-and-roll 0
- noun rock popular music evolved from rock-and-roll, variously containing elements of folk music, country music, etc. and now often emphasizing loudness, distortion, the use of electronic synthesizers, etc. 0