ROCK as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • pitching dangerously to one side
   Synonym(s)
   • careen (what does careen mean?)
   • sway (what does sway mean?)
   • tilt (what does tilt mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) rock is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • lurch (what does lurch mean?)
   • pitch (what does pitch mean?)
   • pitching (what does pitching mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • careen (what does careen mean?)
   • wobble (what does wobble mean?)
   • shift (what does shift mean?)
   • tilt (what does tilt mean?)
   • cant (what does cant mean?)
   • cant over (what does cant over mean?)
   • tilt (what does tilt mean?)
   • slant (what does slant mean?)
   • pitch (what does pitch mean?)
   • lean (what does lean mean?)
   • tilt (what does tilt mean?)
   • tip (what does tip mean?)
   • slant (what does slant mean?)
   • angle (what does angle mean?)
   • rock (what does rock mean?)
   • sway (what does sway mean?)
   • swing (what does swing mean?)
   • sway (what does sway mean?)
   • rock (what does rock mean?)
   • sway (what does sway mean?)
   • shake (what does shake mean?)
   • stagger (what does stagger mean?)
   • reel (what does reel mean?)
   • keel (what does keel mean?)
   • lurch (what does lurch mean?)
   • swag (what does swag mean?)
   • careen (what does careen mean?)
   • careen (what does careen mean?)
   • wobble (what does wobble mean?)
   • shift (what does shift mean?)
   • tilt (what does tilt mean?)
   • rock (what does rock mean?)
   • sway (what does sway mean?)
   • rock (what does rock mean?)
   • sway (what does sway mean?)
   • shake (what does shake mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s
   • a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western
   Synonym(s)
   • rock’n'roll (what does rock’n'roll mean?)
   • rock-and-roll (what does rock-and-roll mean?)
   • rock ‘n’ roll (what does rock ‘n’ roll mean?)
   • rock and roll (what does rock and roll mean?)
   • rock music (what does rock music mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock”n”roll.
   Hypernyms(s) rock is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • popular music (what does popular music mean?)
   • popular music genre (what does popular music genre mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • heavy metal (what does heavy metal mean?)
   • progressive rock (what does progressive rock mean?)
   • art rock (what does art rock mean?)
   • psychedelic rock (what does psychedelic rock mean?)
   • acid rock (what does acid rock mean?)
   • punk rock (what does punk rock mean?)
   • punk (what does punk mean?)
3. Meaning
   • hard stick bright-colored stick candy typically peppermint flavored
   Synonym(s)
   • rock candy (what does rock candy mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) rock is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • candy (what does candy mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
   Synonym(s)
   • stone (what does stone mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he threw a rock at me
   Hypernyms(s) rock is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • natural object (what does natural object mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • achondrite (what does achondrite mean?)
   • bedrock (what does bedrock mean?)
   • boulder (what does boulder mean?)
   • bowlder (what does bowlder mean?)
   • calculus (what does calculus mean?)
   • concretion (what does concretion mean?)
   • chondrite (what does chondrite mean?)
   • clastic rock (what does clastic rock mean?)
   • crystal (what does crystal mean?)
   • crystallization (what does crystallization mean?)
   • intrusion (what does intrusion mean?)
   • outcrop (what does outcrop mean?)
   • outcropping (what does outcropping mean?)
   • rock outcrop (what does rock outcrop mean?)
   • pebble (what does pebble mean?)
   • petrifaction (what does petrifaction mean?)
   • sill (what does sill mean?)
   • stepping stone (what does stepping stone mean?)
   • tor (what does tor mean?)
   • wall rock (what does wall rock mean?)
   • whinstone (what does whinstone mean?)
   • whin (what does whin mean?)
   • xenolith (what does xenolith mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • stone (what does stone mean?)
   • lapidate (what does lapidate mean?)
5. Meaning
   • (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable
   Usage Example(s)
   • he was her rock during the crisis
   • Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church–Gospel According to Matthew
   Hypernyms(s) rock is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • good person (what does good person mean?)
6. Meaning
   • United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
   Synonym(s)
   • John Rock (what does John Rock mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Rock is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • gynecologist (what does gynecologist mean?)
   • gynaecologist (what does gynaecologist mean?)
   • woman’s doctor (what does woman’s doctor mean?)
7. Meaning
   • material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth’’s crust
   Synonym(s)
   • stone (what does stone mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • that mountain is solid rock
   • stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries
   Hypernyms(s) rock is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • material (what does material mean?)
   • stuff (what does stuff mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • quartzite (what does quartzite mean?)
   • road metal (what does road metal mean?)
   • sedimentary rock (what does sedimentary rock mean?)
   • sial (what does sial mean?)
   • sima (what does sima mean?)
   • metamorphic rock (what does metamorphic rock mean?)
   • gravel (what does gravel mean?)
   • crushed rock (what does crushed rock mean?)
   • caliche (what does caliche mean?)
   • shingling (what does shingling mean?)
   • pumice (what does pumice mean?)
   • pumice stone (what does pumice stone mean?)
   • aphanite (what does aphanite mean?)
   • claystone (what does claystone mean?)
   • dolomite (what does dolomite mean?)
   • emery stone (what does emery stone mean?)
   • emery rock (what does emery rock mean?)
   • pudding stone (what does pudding stone mean?)
   • conglomerate (what does conglomerate mean?)
   • fieldstone (what does fieldstone mean?)
   • greisen (what does greisen mean?)
   • tufa (what does tufa mean?)
   • calc-tufa (what does calc-tufa mean?)
   • magma (what does magma mean?)
   • igneous rock (what does igneous rock mean?)
   • limestone (what does limestone mean?)
   • marble (what does marble mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • stone (what does stone mean?)
   • lapidate (what does lapidate mean?)

ROCK as VERB

1. Meaning
   • move back and forth or sideways
   Synonym(s)
   • shake (what does shake mean?)
   • sway (what does sway mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the ship was rocking
   • the tall building swayed
   • She rocked back and forth on her feet
   Hypernyms(s) rock is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • move back and forth (what does move back and forth mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • roll (what does roll mean?)
   • nutate (what does nutate mean?)
   • swag (what does swag mean?)
   • totter (what does totter mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • wag (what does wag mean?)
   • waggle (what does waggle mean?)
   • shake (what does shake mean?)
   • rock (what does rock mean?)
   • careen (what does careen mean?)
   • sway (what does sway mean?)
   • tilt (what does tilt mean?)
   • sway (what does sway mean?)
   • rocking chair (what does rocking chair mean?)
   • rocker (what does rocker mean?)
   • rock (what does rock mean?)
   • careen (what does careen mean?)
   • sway (what does sway mean?)
   • tilt (what does tilt mean?)
2. Meaning
   • cause to move back and forth
   Synonym(s)
   • sway (what does sway mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • rock the cradle
   • rock the baby
   • the wind swayed the trees gently
   Hypernyms(s) rock is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • displace (what does displace mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • rock (what does rock mean?)
   • careen (what does careen mean?)
   • sway (what does sway mean?)
   • tilt (what does tilt mean?)
   • rocker (what does rocker mean?)
   • rock (what does rock mean?)
   • careen (what does careen mean?)
   • sway (what does sway mean?)
   • tilt (what does tilt mean?)
   • rocker (what does rocker mean?)