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Definitions of rock:

  • noun:   pitching dangerously to one side
  • noun:   a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
    Example: "He threw a rock at me"
  • noun:   (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable
    Example: "He was her rock during the crisis"
  • noun:   United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
  • noun:   material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
    Example: "That mountain is solid rock"
  • noun:   hard stick bright-colored stick candy typically peppermint flavored
  • noun:   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."
  • verb:   move back and forth or sideways
    Example: "The ship was rocking"
  • verb:   cause to move back and forth
    Example: "Rock the cradle"
  • name:  A surname (common: 1 in 12500 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #1662)


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