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Rock
Found in thesaurus: natural object, stuff, material, good person, confect, candy, popular music genre, popular music, lurch, pitch, pitching, move back and forth, move, displace
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rock
v.
sway, swing; shock
n.
stone; rock music; back and forth movement, shaking; diamond (Slang)
it rocks!
expr.
it is awesome
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ROCK
ROCK may refer to:
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
- Rho kinase, a serine/threonine-specific protein kinase
- Rollergirls of Central Kentucky, roller derby league based in Lexington, Kentucky
- R.O.C.K., a 1986 hard rock/heavy metal album by Kirka
- Robert Orin Charles Kilroy, from the Styx rock opera Kilroy Was Here, see Mr. Roboto
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Rock
Rock commonly refers to:
- Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids
- Rock music, a form of popular music
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Rock!!!!!
Rock!!!!! is an album released by Violent Femmes in 1995. It was originally released only in Australia, but is now available in the rest of the world. It features cover photography by David LaChapelle. This was the first Violent Femmes album not to chart on the Billboard 200 since 1984's Hallowed Ground.
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Rockbox
Rockbox is a free software replacement for the OEM firmware in various forms of digital audio players (DAPs) with an original kernel. It offers an alternative to the player's operating system, in many cases without removing the original firmware, which provides a plug-in architecture for adding various enhancements and functions. Enhancements include personal digital assistant (PDA) functions, applications, utilities, and games. Rockbox can also retrofit video playback functions on players first released in mid-2000. Rockbox includes a voice-driven user-interface suitable for operation by visually impaired users.
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Rock
Noun
1. United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
(synonym) John Rock
(hypernym) gynecologist, gynaecologist, woman's doctor
rock
Noun
1. a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"
(synonym) stone
(hypernym) natural object
(hyponym) achondrite
2. 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"
(synonym) stone
(hypernym) material, stuff
(hyponym) quartzite
(substance-meronym) mineral
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"--Gospel According to Matthew
(hypernym) good person
4. hard stick bright-colored stick candy typically peppermint flavored
(synonym) rock candy
(hypernym) candy
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."
(synonym) rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock music
(hypernym) popular music, popular music genre
(hyponym) heavy metal
(part-meronym) backbeat
(class) backbeat
6. pitching dangerously to one side
(synonym) careen, sway, tilt
(hypernym) lurch, pitch, pitching
(derivation) sway
Verb
1. move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"
(synonym) sway, shake
(hypernym) move back and forth
(hyponym) roll
(verb-group) sway
(derivation) rocking chair, rocker
2. cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently"
(synonym) sway
(hypernym) move, displace
(verb-group) sway, shake
(derivation) rocker
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Rock (der)
nm.
skirt, woman's garment for the lower body that is not connected between the legs; coat, protective outer garment
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rock
nm.
(Music) rock, rock music
