Definition of rock''çı in English English dictionary
- Rock
- Nickname of Gibraltar
- Rock
- A male given name transferred from the surname
- Rock
- Nickname of the prison on Alcatraz Island, USA
- Rock
- A topographic surname for someone living near a rock or an oak ( atter + oke )
- Rock
- Nickname of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Rock Paper Scissors
- A popular child's game played by using hand signs; frequently used to break ties. Two players face each other with one hand out flat, palm facing up; other hand in a fist strikes the palm three times (often calling out ro! sham! bo! to keep the two players moving in sync), and on the third strike producing one of three hand symbols: Remaining a fist for "rock", a 'peace' sign for "scissors", the hand out flat with palm facing down for "paper". The winner is decided as follows: Rock beats scissors; scissors beat paper; paper beats rock. In the case of a tie (two of the same sign), the process is repeated
- rock
- to do something with excitement yet skillfully
I need to rock a piss.
- rock
- Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals
- rock
- A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length
While we're in Brighton, let's get a stick of rock!.
- rock
- An Afrikaner
- rock
- An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes
- rock
- To be very favourable or skilful
Chocolate rocks.
- rock
- To excel
This band rocks!.
- rock
- A precious stone or gem, especially a diamond
Look at the size of that rock on her finger!.
- rock
- A lump or cube of ice
I'll have a whisky on the rocks, please.
- rock
- To sway or tilt violently back and forth
The boat rocked at anchor.
- rock
- distaff
- rock
- To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker
The ores had been rocked and laid out for inspection.
- rock
- A crystalized lump of crack cocaine
- rock
- An act of rocking
- rock
- to wear or carry something with pride and skill
He's rocking your look hard!.
- rock
- A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, and vocals
- rock
- To cause to shake or sway violently
Don't rock the boat.
- rock
- The flax or wool on a distaff
- rock
- Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another
Celeste Talbert: She is my rock, my right hand.
- rock
- A boulder or large stone
Some fool has thrown a rock through my window.
- rock
- In poker, an extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands
- rock
- The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust
The face of the cliff is solid rock.
- rock
- To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy
Let’s rock!.
- rock
- To move gently back and forth
The empty swing rocked back and forth in the wind.
- rock
- To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress
Downing Street has been rocked by yet another sex scandal.
- rock
- A large hill or island having no vegetation
The location is particularly well known for its Pearl Mountain or Pearl Rock. This huge granite rock is formed by three rounded outcrops that make up Pearl Mountain and has been compared in majesty to Uluru (formerly known as Ayers Rock) in Australia..
- rock
- to thrill or excite, especially with rock music
Let's rock this joint!.
- rock
- A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water
The ship crashed on the rocks.
- rock 'n' roll
- Alternative spelling of rock and roll
- rock and roll
- To play [[#Noun|rock and roll]] music
- rock and roll
- To have sex
- rock and roll
- Style of music characterized by a basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, drums, and vocals (generally with bass guitar). Generally used to refer to the 1950’s rock, and rock of its style, quite close to swing
- rock and roll
- Style of vigorous dancing associated with this 1950’s music
- rock and roll
- To start, commence, begin, get moving
Does everyone know what car they're going in? Then let's rock and roll!.
- rock and roll
- dole
- rock and roll
- An intangible feeling, philosophy, belief or allegiance relating to rock music (generally from the 1970s–1980s), and heavy metal bearing certain elements of this music, pertaining to unbridled enthusiasm, cynical regard for certain Christian and authoritarian bodies, and attitudes befitting some degree of youthful debauchery. This meaning is sometimes used as an exclamation, in describing traits of certain people, and so on
- rock band
- A group of musicians who play rock music
- rock bands
- plural form of rock band
- rock bottom
- The very lowest possible level
Pork belly futures have hit rock bottom.
- rock candy
- a confectionary made by crystallizing sugar around a string
- rock climber
- A person who takes part in rock climbing
- rock climbing
- The sport of scaling rock faces, either with or without ropes and other equipment
- rock cocaine
- The off-white, crystal-like form of crack cocaine
- rock crab
- Hemigrapsus sexdentatus, a large-eyed marine crab found off the coast of New Zealand
- rock crab
- Cancer irroratus, a crab with large marginal teeth found along the Atlantic coast of North America
- rock crabs
- plural form of rock crab
- rock crystal
- clear, colourless form of the silica-based mineral quartz, often called "pure quartz" or "clear quartz"
- rock dove
- A term used of the pigeon species Columba livia. Currently, term rock pigeon is preferred
- rock doves
- plural form of rock dove
- rock face
- An exposed, roughly vertical expanse of rock
- rock group
- A group of musicians who regularly perform rock music together
- rock groups
- plural form of rock group
- rock hard
- As tough or hard as a piece of rock
- rock hard
- Having a stiff penis
- rock hard
- With muscles developed and toned to a high degree, especially the muscles of the abdomen
- rock hound
- A person who collects rocks and minerals from the natural environment as a hobby
- rock lobster
- a crustacean of the family Palinuridae
It wasn’t a rock, it was a rock lobster” (1978) - from the song “Rock Lobster” by the B52s.
- rock maple
- The sugar maple, Acer saccharum
- rock mechanics
- The science that studies the mechanical behaviour of rock
- rock music
- Any of various genres of popular music employing electrical amplification
- rock oil
- naphtha
- rock out
- To enjoy rock music, and dance to it
- rock outed
- Simple past tense and past participle of rock out
- rock outing
- Present participle of rock out
- rock pigeon
- A term used in Australia to refer to the native bronzewing pigeons, or bronzewings
- rock pigeon
- A species of pigeon, Columba livia
- rock pigeons
- plural form of rock pigeon
- rock pipit
- a stocky bird, Anthus petrosus, somewhat smaller than a starling, that breeds on rocky beaches and winters on coastal salt marshes
- rock pipits
- plural form of rock pipit
- rock salmon
- A marketing name for the flesh of the dogfish shark
- rock salt
- Coarsely ground common salt
- rock salt
- The mineral halite
- rock sequence
- A suite of rocks containing a variety of separate strata, with an overall lithology that can be used to interpret the paleoenvironment of deposition over a certain period
- rock sequences
- plural form of rock sequence
- rock shandy
- A glass of this drink
- rock shandy
- In Ireland, a soft drink whose constituents vary regionally, typically made by mixing orange soda and red lemonade
- rock shelter
- A shallow cave-like opening at the base of a bluff or cliff, frequent location of prehistoric archeological site
- rock snot
- Colloquial name for the algae-like organism, didymosphenia geminata
- rock solid
- Very dependable
- rock solid
- Physically very solid; very difficult to move
- rock spider
- A term used to refer to Boers (Afrikaners) by Rhodesians and English-speaking South Africans
- rock spider
- Western Australian prison slang for a pedophile/child molester. Rock spiders constitute the lowest rung of inmates in the prison system, and are looked down on (and often mistreated) by all other inmates
- rock spiders
- plural form of rock spider
- rock steady
- Alternative spelling of rocksteady
- rock sugar
- white sugar that has been crystallized into chunks
- rock the boat
- To disturb the status quo or go against rules or conventions, as in an effort to get attention
I'd just jump in and fix it, but that's not my job, and I don't want to rock the boat.
- rock the house
- To jam at a concert, get down
Who's ready to rock the house?.
- rock up
- To work one's way vertically up a chimney or cleft using a rocking movement
- rock up
- To turn up to a place or function unexpectedly, or without notice or prior warning
- rock varnish
- a dark coating on rock surfaces exposed to the atmosphere which grows at only a few micrometers per thousand years; found especially in arid deserts
- rock-and-roll
- Alternative spelling of rock and roll
- rock-band
- Attributive form of rock band
rock-band mentality.
- rock-bottom
- to fall to the lowest possible level
By now, you probably think your opinion of Goldman Sachs and its swarm of Wall Street allies has rock-bottomed at raw loathing.
- rock-bottom
- Alternative spelling of rock bottom
She knew in her heart, she had hit rock-bottom this time.
- rock-dove
- Attributive form of rock dove, noun
- rock-dumb
- Of a person so dumb that his or her intelligence is not appreciably distinguishable from that of a rock; having the quality or characteristic of being as dumb as a rock
- rock-jumper
- Either of two bird species in the passerine family Chaetopidae, endemic to southern Africa
- rock-ribbed
- obstinately firm and unyielding in one's opinions
- rock-ribbed
- having rocky cliffs or outcroppings
- rock-steady
- consistent and dependable in one's behaviour or performance
- rock a boat
- shake a boat back and forth, cause a boat to sway
- rock the boat
- shake the boat sharply from side to side, break the equilibrium; make trouble, upset a stable situation
- rock-solid
- Something that is rock-solid is extremely hard. Freeze it only until firm but not rock solid
- rock
- {n} a vast stone, protection, defense, distaff
- rock
- {v} to shake, reel, move a cradle, quiet
- rock bolt
- (Madencilik) A tensioned rod passing through a bed of rock and anchoring it to the body of rock behind
- rock cycle
- Geology an idealized cycle of processes undergone by rocks in the earth's crust, involving igneous intrusion, uplift, erosion, transportation, deposition as sedimentary rock, metamorphism, remelting, and further igneous intrusion
- rock dove
- (Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) A bluish-gray dove (Columba livia) that is indigenous to Eurasia but has been widely established elsewhere including most of North America and that is the ancestor of many domesticated pigeons and of the feral pigeons found in cities and towns throughout most of the world ― called also rock pigeon
- rock out
- (deyim) Listen to or play music to such an extent that the mind begins to lose consiousness and a new, more insane alter ego takes control
- rock paper scissor
- Rock, Paper, Scissors is a common name for a popular two-person hand game. It may also be referred to as Paper, Rock, Scissors, or by other combinations of the three words. The game is often used as a selection method in a similar way to coin flipping or drawing straws to randomly select a person for some purpose. However, unlike truly random selections, it can be played with skill if the game extends over many sessions, as a player can often recognize and exploit the non-random behavior of an opponent
- rock paper scissors
- (Oyunlar) Rock, Paper, Scissors is a common name for a popular two-person hand game. It may also be referred to as Paper, Rock, Scissors, or by other combinations of the three words. The game is often used as a selection method in a similar way to coin flipping or drawing straws to randomly select a person for some purpose. However, unlike truly random selections, it can be played with skill if the game extends over many sessions, as a player can often recognize and exploit the non-random behavior of an opponent
- rock pigeon
- (Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) A bluish-gray dove (Columba livia) that is indigenous to Eurasia but has been widely established elsewhere including most of North America and that is the ancestor of many domesticated pigeons and of the feral pigeons found in cities and towns throughout most of the world ― called also rock dove
- rock the boat
- (deyim) Disturb an existing situation
- rock up
- to arrive without any prior planning, or specific materials
- rock up
- to arrive
- rock wool
- Inorganic material made into matted fibre, used especially for insulation or soundproofing
- rock wool
- Rock wool, also known as stone wool or mineral wool, means fibers made from synthetic or natural minerals or metal oxides. It is an inorganic substance used for insulation and filtering. A common mistake is to believe that fiberglass and ceramic fibers are NOT mineral wools, but they are by virtue of their consisting of minerals or metal oxides
- Rock River
- A river rising in southeast Wisconsin and flowing about 459 km (285 mi) generally south and southwest to the Mississippi River in northwest Illinois. River, north-central U.S. It rises in southeastern Wisconsin and flows across the northwestern corner of Illinois, emptying into the Mississippi River at Rock Island, Ill. ; it is 300 mi (480 km) long. The bottomlands along the lower course are subject to spring floods and require levee protection
- Rock of Gibraltar
- narrow rocky peninsula at the southern tip of Spain that has been under British control since 1704
- Rock of Israel
- God, the Creator
- rock
- To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter
- rock
- A rock is a large piece of rock that sticks up out of the ground or the sea, or that has broken away from a mountain or a cliff. She sat cross-legged on the rock
- rock
- {f} sway, swing; shock
- rock
- A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning
- rock
- A player who plays an extremely tight, patient game is a rock Rocks don't create a lot of action, and when they enter a pot, more often than not they're in as a favorite This is a decent strategy at some tables (especially at a table full of maniacs) But good players with more varied strategies will eventually get the best of a real rock
- rock
- Rock is the hard substance which the Earth is made of. The hills above the valley are bare rock
- rock
- a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"
- rock
- Rock is loud music with a strong beat that is usually played and sung by a small group of people using instruments such as electric guitars and drums. a rock concert. famous rock stars
- rock
- a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll "
- rock
- pitching dangerously to one side a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"
- rock
- hard stick bright-colored stick candy typically peppermint flavored
- rock
- a solid mixtures of minerals and chemicals, the hard part of the earths crust
- rock
- material found underneath and onto of the earth surface
- rock
- Aggregate of minerals that forms an appreciable part of the lithosphere
- rock
- The striped bass
- rock
- Add music to your phone line
- rock
- cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently
- rock
- 1 Geologically, any natural mass of earth material that has appreciable extent 2 In engineering, solid natural material that requires mechanical or explosive techniques for removal 3 In the quarry industries, the term stone is more common and means firm, coherent, relatively hard earth material
- rock
- Type of popular dance music originating in the 1950s, characterized by a heavy beat and simple melodies, often with a blues element Based on the pentatonic scales in progressions
- rock
- A player who plays very precisely and tight is said to be a Rock This player will not bluff and raises only with the best hands
- rock
- If an event or a piece of news rocks a group or society, it shocks them or makes them feel less secure. His death rocked the fashion business
- rock
- cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently"
- rock
- Like "jazz," a broad umbrella term Rock is a form of popular music, usually played on electronically-amplified instruments, with a heavily accented beat
- rock
- See under Bass
- rock
- Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc
- rock
- To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair
- rock
- when in natural beds
- rock and roll
- Popular music that was born from jazz and the blues It has a strong beat and a melody that repeats often
- rock and roll
- This form of music appealed to American youth during the 1950s It was an original product of a heterogeneous American society in that it combined black rhythm and blues with white country music Its acceptance and success reflected the demographic changes that had occurred since 1940
- rock and roll
- A lip trick where the athlete rides up a wall, balances on the lip with the board perpendicular to the coping, and re-enters the pipe without any rotation
- rock art
- Ancient or prehistoric drawing, painting, or similar work on or of stone. Rock art includes pictographs (drawings or paintings), petroglyphs (carvings or inscriptions), engravings (incised motifs), petroforms (rocks laid out in patterns), and geoglyphs (ground drawings). The ancient animals, tools, and human activities depicted often help shed light on daily life in the distant past, though the images are frequently symbolic. Sometimes a single site may have art that dates from several centuries. Rock art may have played a role in prehistoric religion, possibly in connection with ancient myths or the activities of shamans. Important sites occur in southern Africa, Europe, North America, and Australia
- rock back and forth
- swing backwards and forwards
- rock bit
- a drill bit that has hardened rotating rollers
- rock bottom
- the absolute bottom
- rock climber
- A rock climber is a person whose hobby or sport is climbing cliffs or large rocks
- rock concert
- a performance of rock music
- rock concert
- show put on by a rock band
- rock cork
- rock leather, type of light-colored asbestos having interlaced fibers and its texture resembling cork
- rock crab
- crab of eastern coast of North America
- rock crystal
- a clear quartz used in making electronic and optical equipment
- rock dove
- A bird (Columba livia) native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia but widely distributed elsewhere, having variously colored plumage with iridescent markings on the neck. It is the common pigeon seen in cities and frequently domesticated. Also called rock pigeon
- rock elm
- tall widely distributed elm of eastern North America
- rock face
- a very steep surface of rock on the side of a mountain
- rock flour
- {i} finely powdered rock produced as a result of glacial erosion or by artificial grinding
- rock garden
- A table populated with rocks I never play there anymore, it's a real rock garden
- rock gunnel
- slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
- rock hopper
- small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand
- rock hound
- {i} (Informal) geologist; person whose hobby is to collect rocks and minerals or fossils
- rock island
- a town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River; site of a Union prison during the Civil War
- rock oil
- Petroleum
- rock penstemon
- one of the West's most beautiful wildflowers; large brilliant pink or rose flowers in many racemes above thick mats of stems and leaves; ledges and cliffs from Washington to California
- rock plant
- plant that grows on or among rocks or is suitable for a rock garden
- rock pool
- A rock pool is a small pool between rocks on the edge of the sea. a small pool of water between rocks by the sea American Equivalent: tide pool
- rock purslane
- a plant of the genus Calandrinia
- rock python
- very large python of tropical and southern Africa
- rock salmon
- any of several coarse fishes (such as dogfish or wolffish) when used as food
- rock sea bass
- a kind of sea bass
- rock star
- a famous singer of rock music
- rock wool
- a light fibrous material used as an insulator
- rock'n'roll
- see rock and roll
- rock-
- Aggregate of minerals that forms an appreciable part of the lithosphere
- rock-
- material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"
- rock-
- Perhaps the most popular form of 20th-century music, a combination of African-American rhythms, urban blues, folk and country music of the rural South It has developed since the early 1950s into hundreds of subgenres, each with its own audience, record labels and radio formats
- rock-
- A naturally formed aggregate of usually inorganic materials from within the Earth
- rock-
- United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
- rock-
- move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"
- rock-
- A player who plays very tight, not very creatively He raises only with the best hands A real rock is fairly predictable - if he raises you on the end, you can throw away just about anything but the nuts
- rock-
- An combination of one or more minerals
- rock-
- material found underneath and onto of the earth surface
- rock-
- A naturally occurring material composed of one mineral or, more often, a combination of minerals naturally hardened and consolidated into a solid mass
- rock-
- An aggregate of one or more minerals, or a body of undifferentiated mineral matter or solid organic material
- rock-
- The curling stone
- rock-bottom
- a rock-bottom price is as low as it can possibly be
- rock-hard
- Something that is rock-hard is very hard indeed. During the dry season the land is rock hard