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rocks
verb(rock)move back and forth or sideways
Examples:
The ship was rocking.
She rocked back and forth on her feet.
She rocked back and forth on her feet.
rocks
noun(rock)hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
Synonyms: rock candy,
rocks
noun(rock)material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
Synonyms: stone,
Examples:
That mountain is solid rock.
rocks
noun(rock)United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
Synonyms: john rock,
rocks
noun(rock)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,
Examples:
Rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll..
rocks
noun(rock)a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
Synonyms: stone,
Examples:
He threw a rock at me.
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noun(rock)(figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable
Examples:
He was her rock during the crisis.
Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church.
Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church.