rock
noun
1. a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- he threw a rock at me
Similar word(s): stone
Definition categories: object
2. material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
- that mountain is solid rock
Similar word(s): stone
Definition categories: substance, material, stuff
3. (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable
- he was her rock during the crisis
- Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church
Definition categories: person
4. hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
Definition categories: food, candy, confect
5. a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
- rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll.
Definition categories: communication
6. pitching dangerously to one side
Similar word(s): careen, sway, tilt
Definition categories: act, lurch, pitch, pitching
Sentences with rock as a noun:
- The face of the cliff is solid rock.
- The ship crashed on the rocks.
- Some fool has thrown a rock through my window.
- Pearl Rock near Cape Cod is so named because the morning sun makes it gleam like a pearl.
- Look at the size of that rock on her finger!
- I'll have a whisky on the rocks, please.
- While we're in Brighton, let's get a stick of rock!
- We ordered rock and chips to take away.
verb
1. move back and forth or sideways
- the ship was rocking
- She rocked back and forth on her feet
Definition categories: motion
2. cause to move back and forth
- rock the cradle
- rock the baby
Similar word(s): sway
Definition categories: motion, displace, move
Sentences with rock as a verb:
- Rock the baby to sleep.
- The empty swing rocked back and forth in the wind.
- Don't rock the boat.
- The boat rocked at anchor.
- The ores had been rocked and laid out for inspection.
- She rocked my world.
- 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, 'cause I have never been loved like this before.
- Let’s rock!
- Chocolate rocks.
- Let's rock this joint!
- I need to rock a piss.