From en.wiktionary.org:
[Rock] [minitoc]
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [rŏk] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en], [enm], from [en], as in [ang], and also later from [en], (compare
Modern [fr], [fr], [fr]), from [en] (attested 767), of [en] origin, sometimes
said to be of [en] (in particular, perhaps [en]) origin (compare [br]).[1]
Related also to [gml]. One suggestion is that it derives from Vulgar Latin
*_rupica_, from [la] (compare [la]).[2]
**** Noun
[~]
1. A formation of mineral s, specifically:
1. [en] [en] The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.
2. * [en]
3. A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water .
4. [en] A boulder or large stone ; or [en] a smaller stone; a pebble .
5. [en] Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals.
6. [en] A precious stone or gem , especially a diamond .
7. * [en]
8. * [en-GB]
9. * [author=Sadiba Hasan]
2. A large hill or island having no vegetation.
3. [en] Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.
4. * [Matthew]
5. * 1991 , Robert Harling and Andrew Bergman, _[Soapdish]_ , Paramount Pictures,
6. *: Celeste Talbert: She is my ROCK , my right hand.
7. A lump or cube of ice .
8. [en] A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length.
9. * [en]
10. [en] A crystallize d lump of crack cocaine .
11. * [en]
12. * [en]
13. [en] An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes.
14. [en] An Afrikaner .
15. [en] An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strong est hands.
16. Any of several fish :
1. The striped bass .
2. The huss or rock salmon .
17. [en] A basketball .
18. * [en]
19. [en] A mistake .
20. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2014 | author=Joe Morgan; Richard Lally | title=Baseball For Dummies | page=227
|passage=Now, you should never make the last out of an inning at third, and
when a player does it, everyone knows he pulled a ROCK.}}
1. [en] [en] .
2. [en] A closed hand (a handshape resembling a rock), that beats scissors and loses to paper . It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock .
3. [en] A cricket ball , especially a new one that has not been softened by use
4. [en] A crystal used to control the radio frequency .
5. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1980 | author=Joseph J. Carr | title=The Complete Handbook of Radio Receivers | page=199
|passage=It was easily possible to double the cost of a CB rig just by adding
all of the " ROCKS" necessary to do the job.}}
***** Synonyms
- [natural mineral aggregate] [en]
- [projecting mass of rock] [en]
- [boulder or large stone] [en] , [en] , [en]
- [something strong, stable, and dependable] [en] , [en]
- [precious stone or gem] [en] , [en]
- [lump of ice] [en] , [en]
- [crystallized lump of crack cocaine] [en]
- [Afrikaner] [en]
- [en]
***** Hyponyms
- [geology] [en] , [en]
***** Derived terms
{{col3|en|title=Terms derived from _rock_ (etymology 1)|[cock of the rock],
[en] ([Rupicolinae] spp.) |[rock ape] ([Macaca sylvanus]) |[rock blenny]
([Xiphister mucosus]) |[rock borer] ([Hiatella] spp.) |[rock brake] |[rock
broom] ([Genista sagittalis subsp. delphinensis]) |[rock bush quail]
([Perdicula argoondah]) |[rock catchfly] ([Silene caroliniana]) |[rock
catfish] ([Austroglanis sclateri]) |[rock cedar] ([Juniperus ashei]) |[rock
centaury] ([Centaurium beyrichii]) |[rock chestnut oak] ([Quercus prinus])
|[rock club moss] ([Selaginella rupestris]) |[rock cock] ([Rupicola rupicola],
[Rupicola peruviana]) |[rock cockle] ([Leukoma staminea]) |[rock conure]
([Pyrrhura rupicola]) |[rock cormorant] ([Phalacrocorax magellanicus]) |[rock
cranberry] ([Vaccinium vitis-idaea]) |[rock dassie] ([Procavia capensis])
|[rock dormouse] ([Graphiurus platyops]) |[rock drill] |[rock duck]
([Histrionicus histrionicus]) |[rock eagle-owl] ([Bubo bengalensis]) |[rock
elegant] ([Neophema petrophila]) |[rock falcon] |[rock fern] |[rock firefinch]
([Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis]) |[rock flower] ([Crossosoma] spp.) |[rock
frog] |[rock geranium] ([Heuchera] spp.) |[rock goat] ([Capra] spp.) |[rock
goby] ([Gobius paganellus]) |[rock goldenrod] ([Solidago pumila]) |[rock
greenling] ([Hexagrammos decagrammus]) |[rock grouper] ([Mycteroperca
venenosa]) |[rock grouse] |[rock guenon] ([Erythrocebus patas]) |[rock gunnel]
([Pholis gunnellus]) |[rock hare] ([Pronolagus]) |[rock hawk] ([Falco
columbarius]) |[rock hind] ([Epinephelus adscensionis]) |[rock horned lizard]
([Phrynosoma ditmarsi]) |[rock iguana] ([Cyclura]) |[rock jasmine]
([Androsace]) |[rock kangaroo] ([Petrogale] spp.) |[rock kelp] ([Fucales]
spp.) |[rock kestrel] ([Falco rupicolus]) |[rock lark] ([Anthus petrosus])
|[rock larkspur] ([Delphinium tricorne]) |[rock lily] |[rock louse] ([Deto
marina]) |[rock manakin] ([Pyrrhura rupicola]) |[rock martin] ([Ptyonoprogne
fuligula]) |[rock opossum] ([Petrogale xanthopus]) |[rock ousel] ([Turdus
torquatus]) |[rock parakeet] ([Pyrrhura rupicola]) |[rock parrot] ([Neophema
petrophila]) |[rock penstemon] ([Penstemon rupicola]) |[rock peppler]
([Polytelis anthopeplus]) |[rock petronia] ([Petronia petronia]) |[rock pine]
([Orostachys japonica]) |[rock pink] ([Talinum calycinum]) |[rock pocket
mouse] ([Chaetodipus intermedius]) |[rock polypody] ([Polypodium virgianum])
|[rock pratincole] ([Glareola nuchalis]) |[rock prickleback] ([Xiphister
mucosus]) |[rock purslane] ([Calandrinia]) |[rock python] ([Python] spp.)
|[rock rattlesnake] ([Crotalus] spp.) |[rock ringtail possum] ([Petropseudes
dahli]) |[rock sandpiper] ([Calidris ptilocnemis]) |[rock sandwort] ([Arenaria
stricta]) |[rock saxifrage] ([Saxifraga virginiensis]) |[rock sea bass]
([Centropristis philadelphica]) |[rock seal] ([Phoca vitulina]) |[rock shag]
([Phalacrocorax magellanicus]) |[rock shell] ([Muricidae] spp.) |[rock shrike]
([Monticola] spp.) |[rock shrimp] ([Sicyonia] spp.) |[rock skipper] ([Staurois
latopalmatus]) |[rock snail] ([Codringtonia codringtonii]) |[rock snipe]
([Calidris maritima]) |[rock soapwort] ([Saponaria ocymoides]) |[rock sparrow]
([Petronia petronia]) |[rock spikemoss] ([Selaginella rupestris]) |[rock
spiraea] ([Holodiscus] spp.) |[rock squirrel] ([Otospermophilus variegatus])
|[rock starling] ([Turdus torquatus]) |[rock sturgeon] ([Acipenser
fulvescens]) |[rock sunfish] ([Ambloplites rupestris]) |[rock swallow] (esp.
[Ptyonoprogne rupestris]) |[rock tapaculo] ([Scytalopus petrophilus]) |[rock
trout] ([Hexagrammos decagrammus]) |[rock violet] ([Trentepohlia iolithus])
|[rock vole] ([Microtus chrotorrhinus]) |[rock whiting] ([Odacidae] spp.)
|abyssal rock |alum rock,Alum Rock |Ayers Rock |azoic rock |bedrock |between a
rock and a hard place |Big Rock |Blackhall Rocks |Black Rock |cap rock |Carvel
Rock |Castle Rock,Castlerock |Chimney Rock |dolomite rock |duck on a rock
|dumb as a box of rocks |dumb as a rock |dumb as rocks |dumber than a box of
rocks |dumber than a rock |dyke-rock |Eagle Rock |ear rocks |Edinburgh rock
|Farallon Rock |Flat Rock |fly like a rock |get one's rocks off |Gibraltar
rock |Glen Rock |gray rock method |hard as a rock |hit rock bottom |hit the
rock,hit the rocks |honeycomb rock |host rock |igneous rock |Indian paint rock
|kick rocks |like a cow on a flat rock,like a cow pissing on a flat rock
|Little Rock |live under a rock |living rock |logging rock |Long Rock,Longrock
|look under rocks |mantle rock |metamorphic rock |moon rock |ninja rock |on
the rocks |painting rocks |Paint Rock |paint rock |Pawnee Rock |pet rock
|Plymouth Rock |pyroclastic rock |Red Rock |rock-alum,rock alum |rock and rye
|rock armour,rock armor |rock art |rock badger ([Procavia capensis]) |rock
barnacle ([Semibalanus balanoides]) |rock bass ([Ambloplites] spp.) |rock bee
|rock bottom |rock-bound,rockbound |rock bun,rockbun |rock bunting ([Emberiza
cia]) |rockburst |rock butter |rock cake |rock cam |rock candy |rock cavy
([Kerodon rupestris]) |rock chat |rock chuck ([Marmota flaviventris]) |rock
climber |rock climbing |rock cocaine |rock cod ([Lotella rhacina]) |rock cork
|Rock County |rock crab |rock crawler ([Grylloblattidae]) |Rock Creek
|rockcress ([Brassicaceae]: [Arabis], [Arabidopsis], [Boechera] spp.)
|rockcrusher |rock crystal |rock cycle |rock dots,röck döts |rock dove
([Columba livia]) |rock drill |rock-dumb |rock dust |rock eel ([Pholidae] spp;
[Xiphister mucosus]) |rock elm ([Ulmus thomasii]) |Rock English |rockery |rock
face |rockfall,rock fall |Rock Falls |Rock Ferry |rock fever |rockfill
|rockfish |rock flour |rock formation |rockfowl ([Picathartes] spp.) |rock
garden |rock glacier |rock glass |rock goose ([Chloephaga hybrida]) |rock
grape |rock guano |rock gym |rock happy |rock-hard,rock hard |rock herring
|rockhole |rockhopper, rockhopper penguin ([Eudyptes] spp.) |rock hound |rock
house |rock hyrax ([Procavia capensis]) |rockish |Rock Island |rock jock
|rock-jumper, rockjumper ([Chaetops] spp.) |rockless |rock licker
|rocklike,rock-like |rockling |rock lizard |rock lobster ([Palinuridae]) |rock
madwort |rock maple ([Acer saccharum]) |rock mechanics |rockmelon ([Cucumis
melo subsp. reticulatus]) |rock milk |rock moss ([Ochrolechia tartarea])
|rock mouse ([Petromyscus collinus]) |rock mulching |rockness |Rock of Ages
|Rock of Gibraltar |rock oil |rock oyster ([Saccostrea] spp.) |rock paper
scissors |rock partridge ([Alectoris graeca]) |rock pigeon ([Columba livia])
|rockpile |rock pipit ([Anthus petrosus]) |rock plant (lithophyte) |rock
plover |rock poison |rockpool |Rock Port |rock ptarmigan ([Lagopus muta])
|Rock Quarry |rock rabbit ([Procavia capensis]) |Rock Rapids |rock rat
([Petromys typicus]) |rock record |rock-ribbed |Rock River |rockrose |rock
ruby |Rock Run |rock salmon |rock salt |rock samphire ([Crithmum maritimum])
|rockscape |rock scorpion |rock sea lavender ([Limonium binervosum]) |rock
sequence |rocks for jocks |rocks glass |rock shandy |rock shed |rock shelter
|rocks in one's head |rock slide |rock snake |rock snot ([Didymosphenia
geminata]) |rock soap |rock solid,rock-solid |rock spider |Rocksprings
|rockstar |rock-steady |rocksucker ([Petromyzontidae]) |rock sugar |rock tar
|rock thrush ([Monticola saxatilis]) |rock tripe ([Umbilicaria]) |rock varnish
|Rockwall |rock-wallaby ([Petrogale] spp.) |rockwarbler ([Origma solitaria])
|rock water |rockweed ([Silvetia] spp.) |rockwood |rock wool |rockwork |rock
wren |rocky |Round Rock |Saba Rock |Saddle Rock |scholar's rock |schooner on
the rocks |seaside rock |sedimentary rock |see rocks ahead |sheet rock |shot
rock |sleep like a rock |Socotra Rock |Soldado Rock |solid as a rock |South
Rock |South West Rocks |split on a rock |split rock |steady as a rock |suck
rocks |sunken rock |Tarpeian Rock |tent rock |The Rock |the Rock |TV rock
|Water-rock |weeping rock }}
***** Translations
[natural mineral aggregate]{{multitrans|data=
- Abkhaz: [ab]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Aghwan: [xag]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Apache:
- Arabic: [ar]
- Aramaic:
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Avar: [av]
- Azerbaijani: [az] , [az]
- Bashkir: [ba] , [ba]
- Brunei Malay: [kxd]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca] , [ca] , [ca]
- Catawba: [chc] , [chc]
- Central Atlas Tamazight: [tzm]
- Central Melanau: [mel]
- Chechen: [ce]
- Cherokee: [chr]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dena'ina: [tfn] , [tfn]
- Dogrib: [dgr]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Eastern Bontoc: [ebk]
- Emilian: [egl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Gujarati: [gu]
- Hawaiian: [haw]
- Hebrew: [he] , [he]
- Higaonon: [mba]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Ilocano: [ilo]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Indonesian Bajau: [bdl]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Irish: [ga]
- Istriot: [ist]
- Italian: [it]
- Jamaican Creole: [jam]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Khmer: [km]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Latin: [la] , [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lombard: [lmo]
- Lubuagan Kalinga: [knb] , [knb]
- Lutuv: [clt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malagasy: [mg]
- Malay: [ms] , [ms]
- Maltese: [mt]
- Manx: [gv]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] , [mi]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Mauritian Creole: [mfe]
- Mizo: [lus]
- Mongolian:
- Navajo: [nv]
- Norwegian:
- Nǀuu: [ngh]
- Occitan: [oc] , [oc]
- Ojibwe: [oj]
- Old English: [ang]
- Ossetian: [os]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
- Persian: [fa]
- Phoenician: [phn]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Quechua: [qu]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh] , [sh] , [sh] , [sh]
- Seychellois Creole: [crs]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl] , [sl]
- Southern Kalinga: [ksc]
- Southern Altai: [alt] , [alt]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Sylheti: [syl]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Thai: [th]
- Tibetan: [bo]
- Tigrinya: [ti]
- Tocharian B: [txb]
- Tuvan: [tyv]
- Tuwali Ifugao: [ifk]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Unami: [unm]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Votic: [vot]
- Welsh: [cy]
- West Coast Bajau: [bdr]
[trans-bottom]
[mass of projecting rock]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Aramaic:
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca] , [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Farefare: [gur]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] [from the ground] , [fi] , [fi] , [fi] [from water]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Greenlandic: [kl]
- Hawaiian: [haw]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Latin: [la] , [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] , [mi]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Mizo: [lus] , [lus] , [lus]
- Mòcheno: [mhn]
- Norman: [nrf]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] [from the sea]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Quechua: [qu]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd] , [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Thai: [th]
- Udmurt: [udm] , [udm]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[large stone or boulder]
- Abkhaz: [ab]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Aramaic:
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Avar: [av]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Bhojpuri: [bho]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chechen: [ce]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dena'ina: [tfn]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [erratic] [de] , [de]
- Greek:
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Khmer: [km]
- Latin: [la] , [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Mizo: [lus] , [lus]
- Mòcheno: [mhn]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Ojibwe: [oj]
- Old English: [ang] , [ang]
- Ossetian: [os]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd] , [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh] , [sh]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl] , [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl] , [tl]
- Thai: [th]
- Tibetan: [bo]
- Tuvan: [tyv]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[(US) smaller stone; pebble]
[hill or island without vegetation]
- Basque: [eu]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] [hill] , [fi] [island]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Latin: [la] , [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Mizo: [lus] , [lus]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Swedish: [sv] [island]
- Tagalog: [tl]
[trans-bottom]
[something strong, stable, and dependable]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Aramaic:
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[distinctive composition of minerals]
- Danish: [da]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Russian: [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[precious stone or gem]<!-- Only informal expressions, please -->
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da] [generally]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] [diamond]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Latin: [la] , [la] , [la]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] [generally] , [sv] [especially]
- Ukrainian: (дорогоці́нний) [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[lump of ice]
- Danish: [da]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [on the rocks] [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[confectionery made from sugar]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Swedish: [sv] [approximately]
[trans-bottom]
[crystallized lump of crack cocaine]
- Danish: [da]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[unintelligent person]
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Latvian: [lv] , [lv]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] [colloquial]
[trans-bottom]
[derogative: Afrikaner (for non-derogative terms, see Afrikaner )]
[trans-bottom]
[poker: extremely conservative player]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[closed hand in rock paper scissors]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- French: [fr]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka] , [ka]
- Italian: [1,2] [it] , [2] [it] , [3] [it] , [4] [it] , [5] [it]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey]
- Swahili: [2] [sw] _pl _ (1,2)
- Woiwurrung: [wyi]
[trans-bottom] }}
**** References
References:
[1]. [rock]
[2]. https://www.etymonline.com/word/rock
*** Etymology 2
From [en], from [en], from [en], from [en], from [en], from [en], from
[ine-pro], [ine-pro].
See also obsolete [nl], [gmh], Modern [de], [is]; also [la], [lv].
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To move gently back and forth .
2. * [chapter=12]
3. [en] To cause to shake or sway violently.
4. * [Theodore and Honoria]
5. [en] To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
6. [en] To be wash ed and pan ned in a cradle or in a rocker .
7. [en] To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress ; to greatly impact (most often positively).
8. [en] To do well or to be operating at high efficiency .
9. * [en]
10. [en] To be cool .
11. [en] To make love to or have sex (with).
12. * [en]
13. * [en]
14. * [en]
15. * [en]
16. * [en]
17. [en] To sway one's body as a stim .
18. * [en]
***** Synonyms
- [move gently back and forth] [en] ; see also Thesaurus:sway
- [cause to shake violently] [en] , [en]
- [sway violently back and forth] [en] ; see also Thesaurus:shake
- [do well] [en] , [en]
- [be good] [en]
- [have sex with] [en] , [en] , [en] ; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
***** Derived terms
{{col2|en|title=Terms derived from _rock_ (etymology 2) |rerock |rockabye
|rock and roll,rock 'n' roll |rock along |rocker |rocking |rock on |rock out
|rock someone's socks |rock someone's socks off |rock someone's world |rock
the boat |rock the house |rock up |rock with laughter |rocky |the hand that
rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world,the hand that rocks the
cradle rules the world }}
***** Translations
[move gently back and forth]{{multitrans|data=
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Aromanian: [rup]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be] , [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da] [baby]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [tr.] [fi] , [intr.] [fi]
- French: [fr] , [babies] [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [baby] [de]
- Ido: [io]
- Ingrian: [izh] , [izh] , [izh]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Khmer: [km]
- Latvian: [lv] [transitive] , [lv] [an infant; transitive] , [lv] [reflexive]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Maori: [mi]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] [intransitive] , [rock to sleep] [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] [baby] , [sv] [baby]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr] [passive]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[cause to shake or sway violently]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [boat] [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- Ingrian: [izh] , [izh]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Maori: [mi] [as to a boat] , [mi] , [mi]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[sway or tilt violently back and forth]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da] [vehicle]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [nautical] [de]
- Italian: [it]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Maori: [mi] [refers to a boat] , [mi] , [mi]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Swedish: [sv] [vehicle]
- Turkish: [tr] [vehicle]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[be washed and panned]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[disturb the mental or emotional equilibrium]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Norwegian: [no] , [no]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Interlingua: [1] [ia] [ia] , [2] [ia] , [ia] [ia] , [ia] , [3] [ia]
- Interlingua: [2] [ia] , [a baby in a cradle; 2] [ia]
- Tupinambá: [tpn]
[trans-bottom] }}
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway .
***** Translations
[act of rocking]{{multitrans|data=
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Interlingua: [1, 3] [ia]
- Latin: [1] [la] < !--this must be modern Latin:, rock (2)-->
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Slovak: [1, 3] [sk]
[trans-bottom] }}
[en]
*** Etymology 3
Shortened from [en]. Since the meaning of [en] has adapted to mean a simpler,
more modern, metal-like genre, [en] has generally been left referring to
earlier forms such as that originating in the 1950s, notably more
swing-oriented style.
**** Noun
[-]
1. [en] [en] A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riff s, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar , drums, keyboards (often), and vocals.
***** Hyponyms
{{col4|en |acid rock |adult-oriented rock| kindie rock |Afro-rock
|album-oriented rock|acoustic rock |alternarock |alternative rock,alt-rock
|arena rock |art rock |blues-rock |Britrock |butt-rock |Celtic rock |Christian
rock |classic rock |cock rock |country rock |dadrock |deathrock |desert rock
|doom rock |electronic rock|active rock |folk rock |funk-rock |garage rock
|glam rock |glitter rock |gothic rock |hard rock |indie rock |industrial rock
|J-rock |jazz-rock |krautrock |light rock |lover's rock |math rock |mellow
rock |noise rock |pop rock |post-rock |prog rock |progressive rock
|psychedelic rock |pub rock |punk rock |raga rock |rap rock |reggae rock|Rock
Against Communism |roots-rock |shock rock |soft rock |Southern rock |space
rock |stadium rock |stoner rock |surf rock |synth rock |technorock |trap rock
|trop rock,tropical rock |wizard rock |yacht rock }}
***** Derived terms
{{col4|en |post-rock |rockabilly |rockathon |rock band |rockfest |rock group
|rockish |rockism |rock music |rock opera |rock star |rockumentary |rock
violin |rock whore }}
***** Translations
[style of music]{{multitrans|data=
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bengali: [bn] , [bn]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Jamaican Creole: [jam]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Welsh: [cy]
[trans-bottom] }}
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.
2. * [en]
3. [en] To be very favourable or skilful ; excel ; be fantastic .
4. [en] To thrill or excite , especially with rock music.
5. [en] To have people dancing and enjoying rock music.
6. * [en]
7. [en] To do something with excitement yet skillfully.
8. [en] [en] To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style).
9. * [en]
10. * [en]
11. * [en]
***** Related terms
- [en]
- [en]
***** Translations
[to play, perform, or enjoy rock music]{{multitrans|data=
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Italian: [it]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[_slang_ : to be very favourable or skilful]
- Danish: [da]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] [but usually the English term is used]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[to thrill or excite]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
[trans-bottom] }}
*** Etymology 4
From [en], [enm], [enm], perhaps from [en] (whence [nl]), [en], or [en]
(whence [is] / [fo], [da], [sv]). Cognate with [goh].
**** Noun
[~]
1. [en] Distaff .
2. * [book=IV]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
6. [en] The flax or wool on a distaff .
***** Translations
[distaff]
[flax or wool on a distaff]{{multitrans|data=
- Czech: [cs]
- Hungarian: [hu]
[trans-bottom] }}
*** Etymology 5
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] .
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en] [en]
** Catalan
*** Etymology
[ca].
*** Pronunciation
- [ròc] < !-- per DNV -->
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en] , rock music
*** Further reading
- [R:ca:IEC2]
- [R:ca:GDLC]
- [R:ca:DNV]
[ca]
** Czech
*** Etymology
[cs].
*** Pronunciation
- [rok]
*** Noun
[m-in]
1. [en] [style of music]
**** Declension
[m.locplích:ách]
**** Derived terms
[cs]
[cs]
** Dutch
*** Etymology
[nl]. [nl].
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [nl] [en] [style of music]
**** Derived terms
{{col|nl |rocken |rockconcert |rockmuziek }}
** Finnish
*** Etymology
[fi].
*** Pronunciation
[rok]
*** Noun
[fi-noun]
1. rock [style of music]
**** Declension
[rock]
**** Synonyms
- [fi]
- [fi]
**** Derived terms
{{col|fi|title=compounds |goottirock |gospelrock |hevirock |instrumentaalirock
|rockbändi |rockelokuva |rockklubi |rocklyriikka |rockmusiikki |rockooppera
|rocktähti |rockvideo |rockyhtye |suomirock }}
*** Further reading
- [accessdate=2023-07-03]
[fi]
** French
*** Etymology
[fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en] [style of music]
**** Derived terms
- [n.] [fr] / [fr]
- [v.] [fr]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
[fr]
** Hungarian
*** Etymology
From [hu].
*** Pronunciation
- [rokk]
- [hu]
*** Noun
[ok]
1. [hu] rock [style of music]
**** Declension
[rocko][rock]
**** Derived terms
- [hu]
{{col4|hu|title=Compound words |dzsesszrock |rockalbum |rockbanda |rockcsillag
|rockdal |rockegyüttes |rockfesztivál |rockénekes |rockgitár |rockgitáros
|rockmusical |rockopera |rocksztár |rockvilág |rockzene |rockzenekar
|rockzenész }} {{col4|hu|title=Expressions |alternatív rock |progresszív rock
|pszichedelikus rock }}
**** Related terms
{{col4|hu |rock and roll |rocker }}
** Italian
*** Etymology
[it].
*** Pronunciation
[ròck]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en] [style of music]
*** Further reading
- [R:it:Treccani]
[it]
** Polish
[lang=pl]
*** Etymology
[pl].
*** Pronunciation
[rok]
*** Noun
[m-in]
1. [en] [style of music]
**** Declension
[gens=rocka]
**** Derived terms
[pl] [pl]
**** Related terms
[pl]
*** Further reading
- [R:pl:WSJP]
- [R:pl:PWN]
[pl]
** Portuguese
[lang=pt]
*** Alternative forms
- [pt]
*** Etymology
[pt].
*** Pronunciation
[róki*]
- [pt]
- [pt]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en] [style of music]
**** Derived terms
[pt]
[pt]
** Romanian
*** Etymology
[ro].
*** Noun
[n]
1. [en]
**** Declension
[ro-noun-n-uri]
** Spanish
[lang=es]
*** Etymology
[es].
*** Pronunciation
[es-pr]
*** Noun
[m]
1. rock (music style)
**** Usage notes
[es-unadapted]
**** Derived terms
- [es] , [es]
- [es] , [es]
- [es]
- [es]
- [es]
**** Related terms
{{col|es |rocanrol<g:m> |rocanrolero<g:m> |rock and roll<g:m> }}
*** Further reading
- [R:es:DRAE]
[es]
** Swedish
*** Pronunciation
- [sv]
- [sv]
- [sv]
*** Etymology 1
From [sv], from [sv], from [sv], from [sv], from [sv].
**** Noun
[c]
1. a coat , an overcoat
***** Declension
[sv-infl-noun-c-ar]
***** Synonyms
- [sv]
- [sv]
- [sv]
- [sv]
***** Related terms
{{col|sv |rockslag |svartrock |söndagsrock |vinterrock |vitrock |ytterrock
|överrock }}
*** Etymology 2
Borrowed from [sv].
**** Noun
[c]
1. [sv] rock , rock and roll
***** Declension
[2=rocken]
***** Derived terms
- [sv]
- [sv]
- [sv]
- [sv]
- [sv]
***** See also
- [sv]
*** References
- [so]
- [saol]
- [saob]
- [svetym]
[sv]