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Rock

noun

1.

A lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter. Synonym: stone.

2.

Material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust. Synonym: stone. "Stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"

3.

United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984). Synonym: John Rock.

4.

(figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable. "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church"

5.

Hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint). Synonym: rock candy.

6.

A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western. Synonyms: rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock and roll, rock music.

7.

Pitching dangerously to one side. Synonyms: careen, sway, tilt.

verb

(past & past part. rocked;pres. part. rocking)

1.

Move back and forth or sideways. Synonyms: shake, sway. "The tall building swayed" , "She rocked back and forth on her feet"

2.

Cause to move back and forth. Synonym: sway. "Rock the baby" , "The wind swayed the trees gently"

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"Rock" Quotes from Famous Books

... favor of giving them food was of no value to them while they had nothing to drink. And God did not long delay to give it them, but promised Moses that he would procure them a fountain, and plenty of water, from a place they did not expect any. So he commanded him to smite the rock which they saw lying there, [5] with his rod, and out of it to receive plenty of what they wanted; for he had taken care that drink should come to them without any labor or pains-taking. When Moses had received this command from God, he ...

— The Antiquities of the Jews • Flavius Josephus

... she was met by a handsome young girl, who began to ply her with questions to which the elder woman replied in monosyllables as the pair ascended the pretty tree-lined boulevard that led into the picturesque town perched as it is upon a rock between two streams. Half-way up the Passeo, just prior to entering the ancient city so full of antiquities, the two ladies went in the gates of a large white house, evidently the residence of someone ...

— The Stretton Street Affair • William Le Queux

... from any present or future oath made to him. Finally, for his omissions and commissions alike, Henry is bound in the bonds of anathema "in order that people may know and acknowledge that thou art Peter, and upon thy rock the Son of the living God has built His Church, and the gates of hell ...

— The Church and the Empire - Being an Outline of the History of the Church - from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 • D. J. Medley

... grooves were cut for the guidance of the wheels instead of the steel rail and the flange wheel of the present day. These early cars were drawn by mules, after they had been pulled by a windlass up the cliff from the boat landing at Frankfort. The mules and the rock rails were soon replaced by two locomotives and iron rails. One engine brought the train from Frankfort to a point half way, by noon, and after the passengers had eaten dinner at Midway, the other engine took the train on ...

— The story of Kentucky • Rice S. Eubank

... those chestnut ponies you drive; they go very well together, and look superb, but they are always snapping at each other's heads. I don't mean to say that Geraldine and I would have quarrelled—one might as well try to quarrel with a rock—but we shouldn't have got on. In short, I have a prejudice in favour of marrying a woman I ...

— The Lovels of Arden • M. E. Braddon

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