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NOUN | 1 | rock, stone | A lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter |
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2 | rock, stone | Material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust | |
3 | Rock, John Rock | United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984) | |
4 | rock | (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable | |
5 | rock, rock candy | Hard stick bright-colored stick candy typically peppermint flavored | |
6 | rock, rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock music | A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s | |
7 | rock, careen, sway, tilt | Pitching dangerously to one side | |
VERB | 1 | rock, sway, shake | Move back and forth or sideways |
2 | rock, sway | Cause to move back and forth |
Sounds | raa'k |
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Rhymes | aftershock, antiknock, Antioch, and 82 more rhymes in aak at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter. |
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Examples | "he threw a rock at me" |
Synonyms | stone |
Narrower | achondrite; bedrock; boulder, bowlder; calculus, concretion; chondrite; clastic rock; crystal, crystallization; intrusion; outcrop, outcropping, rock outcrop; pebble; petrifaction; sill; stepping stone; tor; wall rock; whinstone, whin; xenolith |
Broader | natural object |
Meaning | Material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust. |
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Examples | "that mountain is solid rock" |
Synonyms | stone |
Narrower | quartzite; road metal; sedimentary rock; sial; sima; metamorphic rock; gravel, crushed rock; caliche; shingling; pumice, pumice stone; aphanite; claystone; dolomite; emery stone, emery rock; pudding stone, conglomerate; fieldstone; greisen; tufa, calc-tufa; magma; igneous rock; limestone; marble |
Broader | material, stuff |
Substances | mineral |
Adjectives | rupestral, rupicolous |
Meaning | United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984). |
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Synonyms | John Rock |
Broader | gynecologist, gynaecologist, woman's doctor |
Meaning | (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable. |
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Examples | "he was her rock during the crisis"; "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church"--Gospel According to Matthew |
Broader | good person |
Meaning | Hard stick bright-colored stick candy typically peppermint flavored. |
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Synonyms | rock candy |
Broader | candy |
Meaning | A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s. A blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western. |
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Examples | "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll." |
Synonyms | rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock music |
Category of | backbeat |
Parts | backbeat |
Narrower | heavy metal; progressive rock, art rock; psychedelic rock, acid rock; punk rock, punk |
Broader | popular music, popular music genre |
Meaning | Pitching dangerously to one side. |
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Synonyms | careen, sway, tilt |
Broader | lurch, pitch, pitching |
Verbs | rock; rock |
Meaning | Move back and forth or sideways. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Examples | "the ship was rocking"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet" |
Synonyms | sway, shake |
Narrower | roll; nutate; swag; totter |
Broader | move back and forth |
Similar to | rock, sway |
Nouns | rock; rocker |
Meaning | Cause to move back and forth. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Examples | "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby" |
Synonyms | sway |
Broader | move, displace |
Similar to | rock, sway, shake |
Nouns | rocker; rocker; rock |