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Definitions of rock
  1. verb
    move back and forth or sideways
    "the ship was rocking" "She rocked back and forth on her feet"

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  2. noun
    hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)

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  3. noun
    pitching dangerously to one side

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  4. noun
    material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
    "that mountain is solid rock"

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  5. verb
    cause to move back and forth
    "rock the cradle" "rock the baby"

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

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  7. noun
    a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
    "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll."
  8. noun
    a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
    "he threw a rock at me"

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  9. noun
    (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable
    "he was her rock during the crisis" "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church"
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Definition that contains rock
  • punk rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock
  • lava rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface
  • intrusion rock produced by an intrusive process
  • starr rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940)
  • sima rock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth's crust; rich in silicon and magnesium
  • gravel rock fragments and pebbles
  • starkey rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940)
  • igneous rock rock formed by the solidification of molten magma
  • american rock brake rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley
  • eudyptes rock hoppers
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