rocknoun
uk/rɒk/us/rɑːk/rock noun (STONE)
B1 [ C or U ] the dry solid part of the earth's surface, or any large piece of this that sticks up out of the ground or the sea:
[ C ] a piece of rock or stone:
a line of large stones sticking up from the sea:
[ C ] slang for a valuable stone used in jewellery, especially a diamond:
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- The boat sank almost immediately after it had struck the rock.
- The rock weighed over a ton and was completely immovable.
- A crab scuttled away under a rock as we passed.
- She turned her ankle on the rocks and had to hobble back to camp.
- There were some large rocks sticking up out of the water.
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Geology - general words
- anticline
- auriferous
- Cambrian
- cementation
- compaction
- continental crust
- continental drift
- Cretaceous
- crustal
- deposition
- earth science
- fold
- geological
- geology
- Pleistocene
- Pliocene
- Precambrian
- Quaternary
- subduction
- subduction zone
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rock noun (MUSIC)
A2 [ U ] a type of popular music with a strong, loud beat that is usually played with electric guitars and drums:
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- Many of the Rolling Stones' records have become rock classics.
- An unlikely assortment of rock stars and politicians attended the charity concert.
- On Radio London they play African and South American music as well as rock and pop.
- The restaurant was hopelessly mismanaged by a former rock musician with no business experience.
- Fame in the world of rock and pop is largely ephemeral.
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Pop, rock & soul
- agit-pop
- band
- bhangra
- blue-eyed soul
- boy band
- dub
- Europop
- gangsta rap
- goth
- grunge
- hard rock
- heavy metal
- jungle
- pop group
- punk rock
- rock and roll
- rock chick
- rocker
- sampler
- trance
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Idiom(s)
rockverb
uk/rɒk/us/rɑːk/rock verb (MOVE)
C2 [ I or T ] to (cause someone or something to) move backwards and forwards or from side to side in a regular way:
[ T ] If a person or place is rocked by something such as an explosion, the force of it makes the person or place shake:
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- The nurse rocked the cradle.
- He rocked the cradle with a gentle backwards and forwards motion.
- He tried to calm the screaming baby by rocking it back and forth.
- She was gazing out the window, rocking rhythmically to and fro.
- He rocks in his sleep.
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Shaking, swinging and vibrating
- agitate
- brandish
- churn
- flourish
- fluff sth up
- jitter
- joggle
- resonate
- reverberate
- rocky
- shake
- stir
- stir sth up
- swing
- teeter
- throb
- totter
- tremble
- tremulous
- wag
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rock verb (SHOCK)
[ T ] If an event rocks a group of people or society, it causes feelings of shock:
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Upsetting and destabilizing
- bring
- bring sb down
- delegitimize
- destabilize
- dislocate
- disrupt
- knock/throw sb for a loop idiom
- loop
- make waves idiom
- put the skids under sth idiom
- rock the boat idiom
- scupper
- skid
- stir
- turn sth upside down idiom
- unsettling
- upset
- upside down
- wave
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rock verb (WEAR SUCCESSFULLY)
[ T ] slang to wear a particular style of clothing, etc. and look good or fashionable:
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Modern & fashionable
- be (all) the rage idiom
- be having a moment idiom
- be the last word in sth idiom
- be the new sth idiom
- futuristic
- get with the programme idiom
- happening
- high-tech
- hip
- hipster
- minute 1
- programme
- progressive
- sharp
- space-age
- state-of-the-art
- street cred
- swinger
- swinging
- à la mode
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