rock
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1. rock - Noun
2. rock - Verb
3. Rock - Proper noun
Meaning
See Roc.
A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.
A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.
Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds.
That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.
Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
The striped bass. See under Bass.
To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.
To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet.
To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.
To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair.
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Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read.
In matters of style, swim with the current: in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
It is a thief that can trace the footsteps of another thief on a rock.
You can't squeeze blood from a rock.
An egg does not fight a rock.