rock

noun

  1. 1

    pitching dangerously to one side

  2. 2

    United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)

  3. 3

    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.

  4. 4

    hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)

  5. 5

    a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

    he threw a rock at me

  6. 6

    (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"--Gospel According to Matthew

  7. 7

    material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust

    that mountain is solid rock

    stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries

verb

  1. 1

    move back and forth or sideways

    the ship was rocking

    the tall building swayed

  2. 2

    cause to move back and forth

    rock the cradle

    rock the baby

Synonyms

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