Rock | Mean of rock in English Dictionary

/ˈrɑːk/

• Verb
• to move (someone or something) back and forth or from side to side
1. She gently rocked the baby to sleep.
2. Waves rocked the boat.
3. He rocked back and forth while he stood waiting.
4. The boat rocked back and forth on the waves.
• to cause (something) to shake violently
1. An earthquake rocked the town.
2. The building was rocked by an explosion.
3. The discovery rocked [=shook] the very foundations of their theory.
• to cause (someone or something) to be upset or shocked
1. The news of the murders rocked the town.

• to affect or influence (someone or something) very powerfully
1. Their invention rocked the computer industry.
• to entertain (someone) in a very powerful and effective way
1. The band rocked the crowd.
2. His performance rocked the house. [=the audience loved his performance]
3. The new video game will rock your world. [=you will really like the new video game]
• to sing, dance to, or play rock music
1. We were rocking all night long.
• to be very enjoyable, pleasing, or effective
1. Her new car really rocks. [=her new car is really great]
• to play music in a loud or energetic way
1. The band rocks out on their new album.
• Noun
• the hard, solid material that the surface of the Earth is made of
1. They drilled through several layers of solid rock.
2. Moss can grow on bare rock.
3. The miners made a tunnel through the rock.
4. volcanic rock
5. The mountain had many amazing rock formations.
• a piece of rock
1. a flat rock
2. (US) We threw rocks [=stones] into the water.
3. a pile of rocks
• a large piece of rock that sticks up from the surface of the Earth
1. She climbed the rock.
2. The ship crashed into the rocks.
• a strong person who can be relied on
1. We could always count on him—he was our rock.
• someone whose ideas, values, ways of doing things, etc., do not change
1. Once she makes up her mind, she's (like) a rock. [=nobody can change her mind once she decides something]
• a diamond or other jewel
1. Look at the size of that rock on her finger.
• hard candy that is made in a stick
1. a stick of rock
• a small hard piece of a drug
1. a rock of crack cocaine
• in a very difficult or bad position or situation with no good way of getting out of it
1. He is caught/stuck between a rock and a hard place.
• to have an orgasm
• to feel great pleasure or satisfaction
1. He gets his rocks off bossing everyone around.
• to be unaware of things that most people know about
1. How could you have not heard about it? Do you live under a rock?
• having a lot of problems and likely to fail
1. Their marriage is on the rocks. [=in trouble]
• with ice cubes
1. He ordered a whiskey/Scotch on the rocks.
• a kind of popular music with a strong beat that is played on instruments that are made louder electronically
1. My favorite types of music are jazz and rock.
2. rock music
3. a rock concert/band/star