Rock Meaning

There are 9 meaning(s) for word Rock

Meaning 1 : move back and forth or sideways

    Example : the ship was rocking,She rocked back and forth on her feet

    Synonyms : shake,  sway
Meaning 2 : hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)

    Synonyms : rock candy
Meaning 3 : pitching dangerously to one side

    Synonyms : careen,  sway,  tilt
Meaning 4 : material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust

    Example : that mountain is solid rock

    Synonyms : stone
Meaning 5 : cause to move back and forth

    Example : rock the cradle,rock the baby

    Synonyms : sway
Meaning 6 : United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)

    Synonyms : john rock
Meaning 7 : a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western

    Example : rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll.

    Synonyms : rock'n'roll,  rock-and-roll,  rock 'n' roll,  rock and roll,  rock music
Meaning 8 : a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

    Example : he threw a rock at me

    Synonyms : stone
Meaning 9 : (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable

    Example : he was her rock during the crisis,Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church

How to Pronounce Rock

  • rɑk


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