Inherited fromMiddle English rocke ,rokke ( “ rock formation ” ) , fromOld English *rocc ( “ rock ” ) , as inOld English stānrocc ( “ high stone rock, peak, obelisk ” ) , and also later fromAnglo-Norman roque , (compare ModernFrench roc ,roche ,rocher ), fromMedieval Latin rocca (attested 767), of uncertain origin, sometimes said to be ofCeltic (in particular, perhapsGaulish ) origin (compareBreton roc'h ).[ 1] Related also toMiddle Low German rocke ( “ rock ledge ” ) . One suggestion is that it derives from Vulgar Latin *rupica , fromrupes (comparerupico ).[ 2]
rock (countable anduncountable ,plural rocks )
Solid mineral aggregate. A boulder. A yellow diamond. Several rocks of crack cocaine. A formation ofminerals , specifically:( uncountable ) The naturally occurringaggregate of solidmineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.Synonym: stone The face of the cliff is solidrock .
2013 June 29, “High and wet ”, inThe Economist [1] , volume407 , number8842 , archived fromthe original on1 November 2020 , page28 :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.
2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, inCNN [2] :This park’s strange and beautifulrock formations were formed by the Yellowstone River and various streams that have cut through therock over millions of years, carving out hoodoos, spires and caprocks. The name Makoshika comes from a Lakota word for badlands.
A mass of stone projecting out of theground orwater .The ship crashed on therocks .
2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, inCNN [3] :This enormous, 1.7 million acre property offers hikes to spectacular formations like Metate Arch in Devil’s Garden and the Wahweap Hoodoos, slender, ghostlyrocks that can reach several stories high.
( chiefly UK , Ireland ) Aboulder or largestone ; or( US , Canada ) a smaller stone; apebble .Some fool has thrown arock through my window.
( geology ) Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals.( colloquial ) A preciousstone orgem , especially adiamond .Look at the size of thatrock on her finger!
2025 June 27,Marina Hyde , “Anna Wintour has spent decades dictating a certain look for the super-rich. Then along came Lauren”, inThe Guardian [4] ,→ISSN :Here she is, a billionaire’s wife, yet gripped by constant social anxiety, forever agonising that she’d worn her bestrocks to an event that actually called for “patio jewellery” (necklaces $1m or under).
2025 August 12, Sadiba Hasan, “Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez Are Engaged. All Eyes Are on the Ring.”, inThe New York Times [5] , New York, N.Y.:The New York Times Company ,→ISSN ,→OCLC , archived fromthe original on12 August 2025 :In an Instagram post on Monday, Georgina Rodríguez, the longtime girlfriend of the soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, shared a photo of a giganticrock on her ring finger.
A large hill or island having no vegetation.The captain named it PearlRock after the rising sun illuminated the surface of the island.
( figuratively ) Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.1991 , Robert Harling and Andrew Bergman,Soapdish , Paramount Pictures,Celeste Talbert: She is myrock , my right hand. A lump orcube ofice .I'll have a whisky on therocks , please.
( British , uncountable ) A type ofconfectionery 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 ofrock !
2009 , Michela Wrong,It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle Blower :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 Brightonrock .
( US , slang ) Acrystallized lump ofcrack cocaine .Synonyms: crack rock ,candy 1995 , “Dear Mama”, inMe Against the World , performed by 2Pac:I ain't guilty, ‘cause even though I sellrocks / It feels good puttin' money in your mailbox
2014 , Russell Brand, “Prologue”, inRevolution ,→ISBN , page xiii:When I necked five-quid bottles of vodka, I did not read the label. When I scoredrocks and bags off tumbleweed hobos blowing through the no-man's-land of Hackney estates, I conducted no litmus test.
( US , slang ) An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes.( South Africa , slang , derogatory ) AnAfrikaner .( US poker slang ) An extremelyconservative player who is willing to play only the verystrongest hands.Any of severalfish :Thestriped bass . Thehuss orrock salmon .We orderedrock and chips to take away.
( US , basketball , slang ) Abasketball .Yo homie, pass therock !
2021 July 14, A. A. Dowd, “Space Jam: A New Legacy is one big, witless commercial forWarner Bros. properties”, inThe A.V. Club [7] :It [the originalSpace Jam limped to 88 minutes with detours into Jordan’s swanky mansion and forced its cartoon cavalry to compete for screen time against Wayne Knight and a bunch of basketball players who delivered their lines much less confidently than they put therock through the net.
( US , baseball , slang ) Amistake .2014 , Joe Morgan, Richard Lally,Baseball For Dummies , page227 :Now, you should never make the last out of an inning at third, and when a player does it, everyone knows he pulled arock .
( curling ) Synonym ofstone .( rock paper scissors ) A closedhand (ahandshape resembling a rock), that beatsscissors and loses topaper . It beatslizard and loses toSpock inrock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock .( informal , cricket ) Acricket ball , especially a new one that has not been softened by use( CB radio slang ) Acrystal used to control the radiofrequency .1980 , Joseph J. Carr,The Complete Handbook of Radio Receivers , page199 :It was easily possible to double the cost of a CB rig just by adding all of the "rocks " necessary to do the job.
Terms derived fromrock (etymology 1)
abyssal rock alum rock ,Alum Rock Ayers Rock azoic rock Badgerin Rock Beaver Rock bedrock between a rock and a hard place Big Rock Blackhall Rocks Blackrock Black Rock Blue Rocks Bonnie Rock Bruce Rock Burran Rock cap rock caprock Carpenter Rocks Carvel Rock Castle Rock ,Castlerock Chimney Rock cock of the rock ,cock-of-the-rock (Rupicolinae spp.)Couta Rocks Doctors Rocks Dog Rocks dolomite rock duck on a rock dumb as a box of rocks dumb as a rock ,dumb as rocks dumber than a box of rocks ,dumber than a rock Dunnrock ,Dunn Rock dyke-rock Eagle Rock ear rocks East Rockingham Edinburgh rock Farallon Rock Flatrock Flat Rock fly like a rock Frog Rock get one's rocks off Gibraltar rock Glenrock ,Glen Rock Gorge Rock Granite Rock gray rock method gritrock gyprock Hanging Rock hard as a rock hardrock hit rock bottom hit the rock ,hit the rocks Holt Rock honeycomb rock host rock igneous rock Indian paint rock kick rocks Kirk Rock like a cow on a flat rock ,like a cow pissing on a flat rock Lillian Rock Lionrock Lion Rock Little Rock liverock live under a rock living rock logging rock Long Rock ,Longrock look under rocks mantle rock meatrock metamorphic rock moon rock Moorine Rock mudrock ninja rock North Rocks on the rocks painting rocks Paint Rock paint rock Pawnee Rock pet rock Plymouth Rock pyroclastic rock Quinns Rocks rackarock Red Rock Red Rocks rendrock rimrock rock-alum ,rock alum rock and rye rock ape (Macaca sylvanus )rock armour ,rock armor rock art rock badger (Procavia capensis )Rockbank rock barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides )rock bass (Ambloplites spp.)rock bee rockberry rock blenny (Xiphister mucosus )rock borer (Hiatella spp.)rock bottom rock-bound ,rockbound rockbrake rock brake rock broom (Genista sagittalis subsp.delphinensis )rock bun ,rockbun rock bunting (Emberiza cia )rockburst rock bush quail (Perdicula argoondah )rock butter rock cake rock cam rock candy rock catchfly (Silene caroliniana )rock catfish (Austroglanis sclateri )rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris )rock cedar (Juniperus ashei )rock centaury (Centaurium beyrichii )rock chat rock chestnut oak (Quercus prinus )rock chuck (Marmota flaviventris )rock climber rock climbing rock club moss (Selaginella rupestris )rock cocaine rock cockle (Leukoma staminea )rock cock (Rupicola rupicola ,Rupicola peruviana )rock cod (Lotella rhacina )rock conure (Pyrrhura rupicola )rock cork rock cormorant (Phalacrocorax magellanicus )Rock County rock crab rockcraft rock cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea )rock crawler (Grylloblattidae )Rock Creek rockcress (Brassicaceae :Arabis ,Arabidopsis ,Boechera spp.)rockcrusher rock crystal rock cycle Rockdale rock dassie (Procavia capensis )rock dormouse (Graphiurus platyops )rock dots ,röck döts rock dove (Columba livia )rock drill rock drill rock duck (Histrionicus histrionicus )rock-dumb rockdumping rock dust rock eagle-owl (Bubo bengalensis )rock eel (Pholidae spp;Xiphister mucosus )rock elegant (Neophema petrophila ))rock elm (Ulmus thomasii Rock English rockery rockesque rock face rock falcon rockfall ,rock fall Rock Falls rock fern Rock Ferry rock fever rockfill rockfinch rock firefinch (Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis )rockfish Rock Flat rock flour rockflow rock flower (Crossosoma spp.)rockfoil Rock Forest rock formation rockfowl (Picathartes spp.)rock frog rock garden rock geranium (Heuchera spp.)rock glacier rock glass rockglass rock goat (Capra spp.)rock goby (Gobius paganellus )rock goldenrod (Solidago pumila )rock goose (Chloephaga hybrida )rock grape rock greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus )rock grouper (Mycteroperca venenosa )rock grouse rock guano rock guenon (Erythrocebus patas )rock gunnel (Pholis gunnellus )rock gym Rockhampton rock happy rock-hard ,rock hard rock hare (Pronolagus )rock hawk (Falco columbarius )rockhead rockheaded rockhearted rock herring rock hind (Epinephelus adscensionis )rockhole rockhopper ,rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes spp.)rock horned lizard (Phrynosoma ditmarsi )rock hound rockhounding rock house rock hyrax (Procavia capensis )rock iguana (Cyclura )Rockingham rockish Rock Island rockist rock jasmine (Androsace ))rock jock rock-jumper ,rockjumper (Chaetops spp.)rock kangaroo (Petrogale spp.)rock kelp (Fucales spp.)rock kestrel (Falco rupicolus rockland Rocklands rock lark (Anthus petrosus )rock larkspur (Delphinium tricorne )Rocklea Rockleigh rockless rocklet Rockley Rockley Mount rock licker rocklike ,rock-like rock lily rockling rock lizard rock lobster (Palinuridae )rock louse (Deto marina )rock madwort rock manakin (Pyrrhura rupicola )rock maple (Acer saccharum )rock martin (Ptyonoprogne fuligula )rockmass rockmeal rock mechanics rockmelon (Cucumis melo subsp.reticulatus )rock milk rock moss (Ochrolechia tartarea )Rockmount rock mouse (Petromyscus collinus )rock mulching rockness Rock of Ages Rock of Gibraltar rock oil rock opossum (Petrogale xanthopus )rock ousel (Turdus torquatus )rockover rock oyster (Saccostrea spp.)rock paper scissors rock parakeet (Pyrrhura rupicola )rock parrot (Neophema petrophila )rock partridge (Alectoris graeca )rock penstemon (Penstemon rupicola )rock peppler (Polytelis anthopeplus )rock petronia (Petronia petronia )rockpicker rockpicking rock pigeon (Columba livia )rockpile rock pine (Orostachys japonica )rock pink (Talinum calycinum )rock pipit (Anthus petrosus )rock plant (lithophyte )rock plover rock pocket mouse (Chaetodipus intermedius )rock poison (Gastrolobium callistachys rock polypody (Polypodium virgianum )rockpool Rock Port Rockport rock pratincole (Glareola nuchalis )rock prickleback (Xiphister mucosus )rockproof rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta )rock purslane (Calandrinia )rock python (Python spp.))Rock Quarry rock rabbit (Procavia capensis )Rock Rapids rock rat (Petromys typicus )rock rattlesnake (Crotalus spp.)rock record rock-ribbed rock ringtail possum (Petropseudes dahli )Rock River rockrose rock ruby Rock Run rockrunner rock salmon rock salt rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum ) rock sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis )rock sandwort (Arenaria stricta )rock saxifrage (Saxifraga virginiensis )Rocksberg rockscape rock scorpion rock sea bass (Centropristis philadelphica )rock sea lavender (Limonium binervosum )rock seal (Phoca vitulina )rock sequence rocks for jocks rocks glass rock shag (Phalacrocorax magellanicus )rock shandy rock shed rockshelf rock shell (Muricidae spp.)rock shelter rock shrike (Monticola spp.)rock shrimp (Sicyonia spp.)Rockside rocks in one's head rock skipper (Staurois latopalmatus )rock slide rockslide rocksnail rock snail (Codringtonia codringtonii )rock snake rock snipe (Calidris maritima )rock snot (Didymosphenia geminata )rock soap rock soapwort (Saponaria ocymoides )rock solid ,rock-solid rock sparrow (Petronia petronia )rock spider rockspider rock spikemoss (Selaginella rupestris )rock spiraea (Holodiscus spp.)Rocksprings rock squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus )rockstar rock starling (Turdus torquatus )rocksteady rock-steady rockstone rockstop rock sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens )rocksucker (Petromyzontidae )rock sugar rock sunfish (Ambloplites rupestris )rock swallow (esp.Ptyonoprogne rupestris )rock tapaculo (Scytalopus petrophilus )rock tar rock thrush (Monticola saxatilis )Rockton rock tripe (Umbilicaria )rock trout (Hexagrammos decagrammus )Rock Valley rock varnish Rockville rock violet (Trentepohlia iolithus )rock vole (Microtus chrotorrhinus )Rockwall rock-wallaby (Petrogale spp.)rockwarbler (Origma solitaria )rockward rockwards rock water rockweed (Silvetia spp.)rockwheel rock whiting (Odacidae spp.)rockwood rock wool rockwool rockwork rockwren rock wren rocky Rocky Camp Rocky Cape Rocky Creek Rocky Glen Rocky Gully Rocky Hall Rocky Hills Rocky Plain Rocky Point Rocky River Rockyview Round Rock Saba Rock Saddle Rock scholar's rock schooner on the rocks Seal Rocks seaside rock sedimentary rock see rocks ahead Seventeen Mile Rocks sheetrock sheet rock Sheetrock Shiprock shot rock Skeleton Rock sleep like a rock slickrock soaprock Socotra Rock Soldado Rock solid as a rock South Rock South West Rocks split on a rock split rock steady as a rock suck rocks sunken rock Tarin Rocks Tarpeian Rock tent rock the Rock The Rock The Rocks TV rock Two Rocks Victoria Rock Wallace Rockhole Water-rock weeping rock West Rockhampton White Rock Window Rock woodrock Yellow Rock natural mineral aggregate
Abkhaz:ахра ( axra ) Afrikaans:rots Aghwan:𐕇𐕒𐕡𐔽 ( x̣uˁ ) Albanian:gur (sq) Altai:Southern Altai:кайа ( kaya ) ,таш ( taš ) Apache:Jicarilla:tsé Western Apache:tsé Arabic:صَخْرَة f ( ṣaḵra ) Egyptian Arabic:حجر m ( ḥagar ) South Levantine Arabic:صَخْرَة f ( ṣaḵra ) Aramaic:Hebrew script:כאפא f ( ke’pā’ ) Syriac:ܟܐܦܐ f ( ke’pā’ ) Armenian:քար (hy) ( kʻar ) ,ապար (hy) ( apar ) Avar:гамачӏ ( gamačʼ ) Azerbaijani:daş (az) ,süxur (az) Bajau:Indonesian Bajau:(pleaseverify ) batu West Coast Bajau:please add this translation if you can Bashkir:таш ( taş ) ,ҡая ( qaya ) Bontoc:Eastern Bontoc:fiato Bulgarian:скала (bg) ( skala ) ,камък (bg) ( kamǎk ) Catalan:quer (ca) m ,roc (ca) m ,roca (ca) f ,pedra (ca) f Catawba:iti ,inti Central Atlas Tamazight:ⴰⵇⵛⵎⵉⵔ m ( aqcmir ) Chechen:тарх ( tarx ) Cherokee:ᏅᏯ ( nvya ) Czech:skála (cs) f ,hornina (cs) f Danish:sten (da) c Dena'ina:qanłnigi ,qałnigi Dogrib:kwe Dutch:steen (nl) m ,rots (nl) f ,gesteente (nl) n ,vels m Emilian:sâs Esperanto:roko Faroese:grót n Finnish:kivi (fi) French:roche (fr) f ,roc (fr) m ,pierre (fr) f Galician:rocha (gl) f Georgian:ქანი (ka) ( kani ) German:Fels (de) m ,Gestein (de) n Greek:πέτρα (el) f ( pétra ) Ancient Greek:λίθος m ( líthos ) ,πέτρα f ( pétra ) Gujarati:ખડક (gu) ( khaḍak ) Hawaiian:pōhaku Hebrew:סֶלַע (he) m ( séla' ) ,אֶבֶן (he) f ( éven ) Higaonon:bato Hungarian:kő (hu) ,kőzet (hu) Ifugao:Tuwali Ifugao:bat'u Ilocano:bato Indonesian:bebatuan (id) Interlingua:rocca Irish:carraig (ga) f Istriot:sasso m Italian:roccia (it) f Jamaican Creole:rak Japanese:岩石 (ja) ( ganseki ) ,岩 (ja) ( iwa ) Kalinga:Lubuagan Kalinga:betu ,patungaw Southern Kalinga:fatu Khmer:ថ្ម (km) ( tmor ) Kurdish:Northern Kurdish:kevir (ku) m ,ber (ku) m Kyrgyz:таш (ky) ( taş ) Latin:saxum (la) n ,rupes f ,silex (la) m Latvian:ieži m pl Lombard:sass m Lutuv:lung Macedonian:камен (mk) m ( kamen ) Malagasy:vato (mg) Malay:batu (ms) ,sakhrat Brunei Malay:batu Maltese:ġebla f Manx:carrick f Māori:kāmaka ,kōhatu ,kōwhatu Marathi:खडक m ( khaḍak ) Mauritian Creole:ros Melanau:Central Melanau:batou Mizo:lung Mongolian:Cyrillic:хад (mn) ( xad ) Mongolian script:ᠬᠠᠳᠠ ( qada ) Navajo:tsé Norwegian:Bokmål:stein (no) m ,berg (no) n Nynorsk:stein (no) m ,berg (no) n Nǀuu:ǃao Occitan:ròcha (oc) f ,ròca (oc) f Ojibwe:asin Old English:stān m Ossetian:къӕдзӕх ( k’æʒæx ) Persian:تخته سنگ (fa) ( taxta-e sang ) ,برد (fa) ( bard ) Phoenician:𐤀𐤁𐤍 ( ʾbn ) Polish:skała (pl) f Portuguese:rocha (pt) f ,pedra (pt) f Quechua:rumi Romanian:stâncă (ro) ,rocă (ro) Russian:(го́рная )поро́да f ( (górnaja) poróda ) Scottish Gaelic:creag f Serbo-Croatian:stena (sh) ,kamen (sh) ,kamenica (sh) ,skala (sh) ,stijena (sh) f Seychellois Creole:ros Slovak:skala f Slovene:skala (sl) f ,kamen (sl) m Spanish:piedra (es) f ,roca (es) f Swedish:berg (sv) n ,sten (sv) c Sylheti:ꠢꠤꠟ ( hil ) Tagalog:bato (tl) Thai:หิน (th) ( hǐn ) Tibetan:རྡོ ( rdo ) Tigrinya:ከውሒ ( käwḥi ) Tocharian B:kärweñe Turkish:Ottoman Turkish:طاش ( taş ) ,جندل ( cendel ) Tuvan:даш ( daş ) Ukrainian:(гірська́ )поро́да f ( (hirsʹká) poróda ) Unami:ahsën Vietnamese:đá (vi) Volapük:klif (vo) Votic:tšivi Welsh:craig (cy)
mass of projecting rock
Arabic:صَخْرَة f ( ṣaḵra ) Aramaic:Hebrew script:כאפא f ( ke’pā’ ) Syriac:ܟܐܦܐ f ( ke’pā’ ) Armenian:ժայռ (hy) ( žayṙ ) Azerbaijani:qaya (az) Bashkir:ҡая ( qaya ) Bulgarian:скала́ (bg) ( skalá ) Catalan:roc (ca) m ,roca (ca) f ,pedra (ca) f ,penya (ca) f Chinese:Mandarin:石頭 / 石头 (zh) ( shítóu ) Czech:skála (cs) f Danish:klippe (da) c Dutch:klif (nl) ,rots (nl) Farefare:tãnpĩa class3/ 4 Faroese:klettur m Finnish:kivi (fi) ,kallio (fi) ( from the ground ) ,kari (fi) ,luoto (fi) ,kivi (fi) ( from water ) French:rocher (fr) m Galician:roca (gl) f ,penedo (gl) m ,con (gl) m German:Felsen (de) m ,Fels (de) m ,Klippe (de) f Greek:βράχος (el) m ( vráchos ) Ancient Greek:πέτρα f ( pétra ) Greenlandic:qaqqaq Hawaiian:pōhaku Hungarian:szikla (hu) Ingrian:kallio Irish:carraig (ga) f Italian:roccia (it) f Japanese:岩 (ja) ( iwa ) ,岩石 (ja) ( ganseki ) Korean:바위 (ko) ( bawi ) Latin:saxum (la) n ,rupes f ,silex (la) m Latvian:klints f Lithuanian:uola f Macedonian:карпа (mk) ( karpa ) Māori:kāmaka ,kōhatu ,kōwhatu Marathi:सुळका m ( suḷkā ) Mizo:lung ,lungpui ,lung Mòcheno:knott m Norman:rotchi m Norwegian:klippe (no) m Portuguese:rocha (pt) f Quechua:qaqa Russian:скала́ (ru) f ( skalá ) ,утёс (ru) m ( utjós ) Scottish Gaelic:creag f ,carraig f Serbo-Croatian:stijena (sh) f Slovene:skala (sl) f Spanish:roca (es) f ,peñasco (es) m Swahili:mwamba (sw) class3/ 4 Swedish:klippa (sv) c Tagalog:dakbato Thai:หิน (th) ( hǐn ) Turkish:Ottoman Turkish:حشفه ( haşefe ) ( from the sea ) Udmurt:изгурезь ( izgureź ) ,изъяр ( izjar ) Ukrainian:ске́ля f ( skélja )
large stone or boulder
Abkhaz:ахра ( axra ) Afrikaans:rots Albanian:shkëmb (sq) Aramaic:Hebrew script:כאפא f ( ke’pā’ ) Syriac:ܟܐܦܐ f ( ke’pā’ ) Armenian:քար (hy) ( kʻar ) ,վեմ (hy) ( vem ) Avar:кьуру ( kkˡʼuru ) Bashkir:таш ( taş ) Bhojpuri:चट्टान ( caṭṭān ) Bulgarian:скала́ (bg) ( skalá ) Catalan:quer (ca) m ,roca (ca) f Chechen:please add this translation if you can Czech:kámen (cs) m ,balvan (cs) m Danish:kampesten (da) c ,stenblok n Dena'ina:qałnigi Dutch:rots (nl) Finnish:kivi (fi) ,kivenlohkare (fi) ,lohkare (fi) French:rocher (fr) m ,roc (fr) m Galician:roca (gl) f ,pena (gl) f Georgian:please add this translation if you can German:Felsbrocken (de) m ,Felsblock (de) m ,( erratic ) Findling (de) m ,Fels (de) m Greek:Ancient Greek:πέτρα f ( pétra ) Hebrew:סֶלַע (he) m ( séla' ) Hindi:चट्टान (hi) ( caṭṭān ) Hungarian:szikla (hu) Ingrian:kivi Irish:carraig (ga) f Italian:roccia (it) f Japanese:石 (ja) ( ishi ) Khmer:ថ្ម (km) ( tmor ) Latin:saxum (la) n ,silex (la) m ,rupes f Latvian:laukakmens m Macedonian:карпа (mk) ( karpa ) Malay:batu (ms) Mizo:lung ,lungtum Mòcheno:knott m Mongolian:хад (mn) ( xad ) Norman:rotchi m ( Jersey ) Norwegian:kampestein m Ojibwe:asin Old English:carr m ,clifstān m Ossetian:дур ( dur ) Polish:skała (pl) f ,głaz (pl) m Portuguese:rocha (pt) f Romanian:stană (ro) f Russian:ка́мень (ru) m ( kámenʹ ) ,валу́н (ru) m ( valún ) Scottish Gaelic:creag f ,carraig f Serbo-Croatian:стена f ,stena (sh) f ,stijena (sh) f Slovak:skala f Slovene:skala (sl) f ,kamen (sl) m Spanish:peña (es) f ,molón m ,roca (es) f Swedish:klippblock n ,stenblock (sv) n Tagalog:bato (tl) ,dakbato Thai:หิน (th) ( hǐn ) Tibetan:རྡོ ( rdo ) Turkish:Ottoman Turkish:طاش ( taş ) ,قیا ( kaya ) Tuvan:please add this translation if you can Ukrainian:ка́мінь (uk) m ( káminʹ ) ,каменю́ка f ( kamenjúka )
(US) smaller stone; pebble
—see pebble hill or island without vegetation
something strong, stable, and dependable
distinctive composition of minerals
confectionery made from sugar
crystallized lump of crack cocaine
derogative: Afrikaner (for non-derogative terms, see Afrikaner)
poker: extremely conservative player
closed hand in rock paper scissors
Translations to be checked
rock (third-person singular simple present rocks ,present participle rocking ,simple past and past participle rocked )
To pelt with rocks; to stone.1908 , Rudyard Kipling,Stalky & Co. :Do you chaps mean to say you didn't make Rabbits-Eggs drunk and bribe him torock King's rooms?
Inherited fromMiddle English rokken , fromOld English roccian , fromProto-West Germanic *rokkōn , fromProto-Germanic *rukkōną , fromProto-Indo-European *h₃ruknéh₂ti , from*h₃rewk- ,*h₃runk- .
See also obsoleteDutch rokken ,Middle High German rocken ( “ to drag, jerk ” ) , ModernGerman rücken ( “ to move, shift ” ) ,Icelandic rukka ( “ to yank ” ) ; alsoLatin runcāre ( “ to weed ” ) ,Latvian rũķēt ( “ to toss, dig ” ) .
rock (third-person singular simple present rocks ,present participle rocking ,simple past and past participle rocked )
( transitive and intransitive ) Tomove gentlyback and forth .Rock the baby to sleep.
The empty swingrocked back and forth in the wind.
( intransitive ) To sway one's body as astim .( transitive ) To cause toshake orsway violently.Don'trock the boat.
1958 February, Arthur F. Beckenham, “A Journey in the Belgian Congo”, inRailway Magazine , page93 :The lights ofLuluabourg 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 firemanrocked his fire. ( intransitive ) To sway ortilt violently back and forth.The boatrocked at anchor.
( transitive and intransitive , ofore etc.) To bewashed andpanned in acradle or in arocker .The ores had beenrocked and laid out for inspection.
( transitive ) Todisturb theemotional equilibrium of; todistress ; to greatlyimpact (most often positively).Downing Street has beenrocked by yet another sex scandal.
Sherocked my world.
( intransitive ) Todo well or to be operating at highefficiency .2012 April 24, Phil Dawkes, “Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea ”, inBBC Sport :The Blues' challenge had beenrocking 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.
( intransitive , stative ) To becool .That bandrocks !
( slang , ambitransitive , euphemistic ) Tomake love to orhave sex (with).I wannarock !
1974 ,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.
1974 , Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch, “Rock Your Baby ”, performed byGeorge McCrae :Open up your heart / And let the loving start / Oh, woman, take me in your arms /Rock your baby.
1999 ,Harry Connick Jr. , “Come By Me”:Try me out, and if you get excited Take me home, I'd love to be invited Once we're there, I'm sure you'll be delighted We couldrock all night
Terms derived fromrock (etymology 2)
move gently back and forth
Afrikaans:wieg Armenian:օրորել (hy) ( ōrorel ) Aromanian:leagãn Azerbaijani:yırğalanmaq Basque:kulunkatu Belarusian:гайда́ць ( hajdácʹ ) ,кача́ць ( kačácʹ ) ,гушкаць ( huškacʹ ) ,калыхаць ( kalyxacʹ ) Bulgarian:люлея (bg) ( ljuleja ) Czech:kolébat impf Danish:gynge (da) ,vugge (da) ( baby ) Dutch:wiegen (nl) Esperanto:balanci Finnish:( tr. ) keinuttaa (fi) ,( intr. ) keinua (fi) French:remuer (fr) ,( babies ) bercer (fr) Galician:abalar (gl) ,abanar (gl) ,abaloucar Georgian:please add this translation if you can German:schwanken (de) ,schaukeln (de) ,( baby ) wiegen (de) Ido:baskuligar (io) Ingrian:häilyä ,häylyä ,horjua Italian:cullare (it) ,ondeggiare (it) ,trastullare (it) Khmer:យោល (km) ( yool, youl ) Latvian:šūpot ( transitive ) ,aijāt ( an infant; transitive ) ,šūpoties ( reflexive ) Macedonian:лулеам ( luleam ) Māori:whakapīoioi Mongolian:please add this translation if you can Norwegian:gynge Bokmål:vugge (no) Portuguese:embalar (pt) ,balançar (pt) Romanian:legăna (ro) Russian:кача́ть (ru) impf ( kačátʹ ) ,кача́ться (ru) impf ( kačátʹsja ) ( intransitive ) ,( rock to sleep ) ука́чивать (ru) impf ( ukáčivatʹ ) ,баю́кать (ru) impf ( bajúkatʹ ) Serbo-Croatian:ljuljati (sh) ,klackati (sh) Slovene:zibati (sl) Spanish:mecer (es) ,acunar (es) Swedish:gunga (sv) ,vagga (sv) ( baby ) ,vyssja (sv) ( baby ) Thai:please add this translation if you can Turkish:sallamak (tr) ,sallanmak (tr) ( passive ) Ukrainian:кача́ти ( kačáty ) ,кача́тися ( kačátysja ) Vietnamese:lắc (vi)
cause to shake or sway violently
sway or tilt violently back and forth
disturb the mental or emotional equilibrium
Translations to be checked
rock (plural rocks )
An act of rocking; a rocking motion; asway . Translations to be checked
Shortened fromrock and roll . Since the meaning ofrock 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 originating in the 1950s, notably moreswing -oriented style.
rock (uncountable )
( music ) A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally4/4 riffs , based on (usually electric) guitar,bass guitar , drums, keyboards (often), and vocals.style of music
Arabic:رُوك m ( rūk ) ,رُوك m ( rok ) ,مُوسِيقَى اَلرُّوك f ( mūsīqā r-rūk ) Armenian:ռոք (hy) ( ṙokʻ ) Azerbaijani:rok (az) Belarusian:рок m ( rok ) Bengali:রক (bn) ( rok ) ,রক সঙ্গীত ( rok śoṅgit ) Bulgarian:рок m ( rok ) Catalan:rock (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:搖滾樂 / 摇滚乐 (zh) ( yáogǔnyuè ) Czech:rock (cs) m Danish:rock (da) c ,rock'n'roll c Dutch:rock (nl) m Faroese:rokkur m Finnish:rokki (fi) ,rock (fi) French:rock (fr) m Georgian:როკი ( roḳi ) ,როკ-მუსიკა ( roḳ-musiḳa ) German:Rock (de) m Greek:ροκ (el) n or f ( rok ) Hebrew:רוֹק (he) m ( rok ) Hindi:रॉक संगीत m ( rŏk saṅgīt ) ,रॉक ( rŏk ) Hungarian:rock (hu) Icelandic:rokk (is) n Interlingua:rock Irish:rac-cheol Italian:rock (it) m Jamaican Creole:rak Japanese:ロック (ja) ( rokku ) Korean:록 (ko) ( rok ) Latvian:roks m Lithuanian:rokas m Malay:rok (ms) Māori:puoro pīoioi ,puoro rakatū Polish:rock (pl) m Portuguese:rock (pt) m Russian:рок (ru) m ( rok ) Scottish Gaelic:roc m Serbo-Croatian:Latin:rok (sh) m Slovak:rock m ,rok (sk) m Slovene:rock (sl) m Spanish:rock m Swedish:rock (sv) c ,rock'n'roll c Thai:ร็อก ( rɔ́k ) Turkish:rock (tr) Ukrainian:рок m ( rok ) Welsh:roc m
rock (third-person singular simple present rocks ,present participle rocking ,simple past and past participle rocked )
( intransitive ) To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.Let'srock !
( intransitive , slang ) To be veryfavourable orskilful ;excel ; befantastic .Synonyms: bang ,rule ;see also Thesaurus:excel Antonyms: stink ,suck Chocolaterocks .
My holidays in Ibizarocked ! I can't wait to go back.
( transitive ) Tothrill orexcite , especially with rock music.Let'srock this joint!
( intransitive ) To have people dancing and enjoying rock music.1962 , “Monster Mash ”,Bobby "Boris" Pickett and Lenny Capizzi (lyrics), performed by Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers:The scene wasrocking , 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.
( transitive ) Todo something with excitement yet skillfully.I need torock a piss.
( transitive ) Towear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; tocarry off (a particular look, style).Synonym: sport 2011 April 29, Tim Jonze, “Nerdy but nice”, inThe Guardian [8] :Take today, where she'srocking 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”, inThe Sun newspaper [9] :Rihanna was the pick of the best bunch,rocking a black backless crocodile dress from Tom Ford’s Autumn 2012 collection
to play, perform, or enjoy rock music
slang : to be very favourable or skilful
FromMiddle English rok ,rocke ,rokke , perhaps fromMiddle Dutch rocke (whenceDutch rokken ),Middle Low German rocken , orOld Norse rokkr (whenceIcelandic /Faroese rokkur ,Danish rok ,Swedish spinnrock ( “ spinning wheel ” ) ). Cognate withOld High German rocko ( “ distaff ” ) .
rock (countable anduncountable ,plural rocks )
( countable ) Distaff .1899 , T Frank Waters,The Development of Our Town Government :By order of the General Court in 1642, the "prudentiall" men of each town were instructed "to take care of such [children] as are sett to keep cattle be set to some other employment withal, as spinning upon therock , knitting, weaving tape, etc., and that boys and girls be not suffered to converse together so as may occasion any wanton, dishonest or immodest behavior.
1902 , Day Otis Kellogg, Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith,The Encyclopaedia Britannica , page664 :A prepared end of yarn being fixed into the notch, the spinster, by a smart rolling motion of the spindle with the right hand against the right leg, threw it out from her, spinning in the air, while, with the left hand, she drew from therock an additional supply of fibre which was formed into a uniform and equal strand with the right.
1920 , John Horner,The Linen Trade of Europe During the Spinning-wheel Period , page32 :It is true that in Ireland, even in recent years, the flax, before being placed on therock or distaff, was tangled into a mass, or, as Cormmelin expresses it, “drawn out in a flat cake.”
( uncountable ) Theflax orwool on adistaff .flax or wool on a distaff
rock (plural rocks )
Archaic form ofroc ( mythical bird ) .Borrowed fromEnglish rock .
rock m (uncountable )
rock ,rock music Borrowed fromEnglish rock .
rock m inan
rock ( style of music ) Declension ofrock (velar masculine inanimate )
Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish rock .Doublet ofrots .
rock m (uncountable ,nodiminutive )
rock ( style of music ) Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish rock .
IPA (key ) : /ˈrok/ ,[ˈro̞k] Rhymes:-ok Syllabification(key ) :rock Hyphenation(key ) :rock rock
rock ( style of music ) Borrowed fromEnglish rock .
rock m (uncountable )
rock ( style of music ) FromEnglish rock .
IPA (key ) : [ˈrokː] Hyphenation:rock rock (plural rockok )
( music ) rock ( style of music ) Synonym: rockzene Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish rock .
rock m (uncountable )
rock ( style of music ) rock in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia ItalianaUnadapted borrowing fromEnglish rock .
rock m inan
rock ( style of music ) rock inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANrock in Polish dictionaries at PWNUnadapted borrowing fromEnglish rock .
rock m (uncountable )
rock ( style of music ) Synonym: rock and roll Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish rock .
rock n (plural rockuri )
rock Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish rock .
IPA (key ) : /ˈrok/ [ˈrok] Rhymes:-ok Syllabification:rock rock m (plural rocks )
rock (music style)According toRoyal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
FromOld Swedish rokker , fromMiddle Low German rock , fromOld Saxon rok , fromProto-West Germanic *(h)rokk , fromProto-Germanic *rukkaz .
rock c
acoat , anovercoat Borrowed fromEnglish rock .
rock c (uncountable )
( music , uncountable ) rock ,rock and roll