- rock⇄adj. made of rock.
Ex. a rock cavern. - rock⇄adj. of or having to do with rock'n'roll.
Ex. a rock singer. - rock⇄adj. rocklike.
- rock⇄expr. on the rocks,
a. in or into a condition of ruin or failure; wrecked; ruined.
Ex. Her marriage ... went on the rocks in 1929 (Harper's).
b. (Informal.) bankrupt.
Ex. After a year of high costs and poor sales the business fo - rock⇄expr. rocks, (Slang.) money.
Ex. Old man's piling up the rocks (Rudyard Kipling). - rock⇄expr. the Rock, Gibraltar.
Ex. The apes have been on the Rock longer than the Spaniards (Punch). - rock⇄noun a form of popular music with a strongly marked, regular beat; rock'n'roll.
Ex. Classical music is the foundation of our present-day jazz and rock (Saturday Review). - rock⇄noun a rocking movement.
Ex. a sailor with a definite rock to his walk. - rock⇄noun 1. a large mass of stone.
Ex. The ship was wrecked on the rocks.
2. any piece of stone; a stone.
Ex. He threw a rock in the lake.
3a. the mass of mineral matter of which the earth's crust is made up.
Ex. The three mai - rock⇄rock (1), noun, adjective.
- rock⇄rock (2), verb, noun.
- rock⇄rock (3), noun, adjective, verb.
(Informal.) - rock⇄rock (4), noun.
(Archaic.) a distaff. - rock⇄v.i. to dance to rock'n'roll.
Ex. Young people who ... rock like mad on the dance floor (New York Times). - rock⇄v.i. 1. to move backward or forward, or from side to side; sway.
Ex. My chair rocks.
(SYN) roll.
2. (Figurative.) to be moved or swayed violently with emotion.
Ex. to rock with laughter.
3. (Mining.) to use a cradle or ro - rock⇄v.t. 1. to move back and forth; sway from side to side; tip up and down.
Ex. The waves rocked the boat. The earthquake rocked the house.
(SYN) roll.
2. to put (to sleep, rest, or otherwise at east) with swaying movements.
Ex. Mo