Definition of rock

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  • rock is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
  • rock is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
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Definition of rock

  • move back and forth or sideways (verb)

    Examples

    1. the ship was rocking
    2. She rocked back and forth on her feet

    Synonyms

    1. shake
    2. sway
  • hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. rock candy
  • pitching dangerously to one side (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. careen
    2. sway
    3. tilt
  • material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust (noun)

    Examples

    1. that mountain is solid rock

    Synonyms

    1. stone
  • cause to move back and forth (verb)

    Examples

    1. rock the cradle
    2. rock the baby

    Synonyms

    1. sway
  • United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. john rock
  • a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western (noun)

    Examples

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

    Synonyms

    1. rock'n'roll
    2. rock-and-roll
    3. rock 'n' roll
    4. rock and roll
    5. rock music
  • a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter (noun)

    Examples

    1. he threw a rock at me

    Synonyms

    1. stone
  • (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable (noun)

    Examples

    1. he was her rock during the crisis
    2. Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church

See definition of rock in Merriam Webster