rock² /rok/

1. To sway to and fro, tilt from side to side
2. To startle, stagger (informal)
3. To do, play, wear, etc very successfully (slang)

1. To dance to rock'n'roll music
2. To play rock music in a powerful and compelling way
3. To be highly enjoyable, exciting or admirable (slang)

1. A rocking movement
2. (also rock music) a form of music with a strong beat, which developed from rock'n'roll but which is more varied and often more complex in style, and less influenced by blues and country-and-western music
3. Rock'n'roll

Relating to rock music or rock'n'roll

rockˈer noun

1. Someone or something that rocks
2. A curved support on which anything rocks
3. A rocking horse
4. A rocking chair
5. (with cap) a member of a teenage faction of the 1960s who wore leather jackets, rode motorcycles, and were rivals of the Mods
6. A rock'n'roll song (informal)
7. A mining cradle
8. A skate with curved blade
9. A 180º-turn in skating, so that the skater continues backwards in the same direction
10. A mezzotint engraver's tool for preparing a surface

rockˈily adverb

rockˈiness noun

rockˈing noun and adjective

rockˈy adjective

1. Tending to rock
2. Shaky
3. Tipsy
4. Unpleasant, unsatisfactory (slang)

rockˈabilly noun

1. A form of rock'n'roll with elements of hillbilly music
2. A devotee of this music

rock and roll see rock'n'roll below.

rocker arm noun

A rocking lever, esp in an internal-combustion engine, that transmits the motion of a cam or pushrod to the valve

rocker panel noun

The part of a vehicle's bodywork below the door-sills of the passenger compartment

rocker switch noun

An electric light, etc switch on a central pivot, the bottom being pushed back to switch on, the top to switch off

rocking chair noun

A chair mounted on rockers

rocking horse noun

The figure of a horse mounted on rockers or on some other supports which allow the horse to rock when ridden by a child

rocking stone noun

A logan, or finely poised boulder that can be made to rock

rocking tool noun

An engraver's tool for roughing a plate

rockˈ'n'rollˈ or rock and roll noun

1. A simple form of music deriving from jazz, country-and-western and blues music, with a strongly accented, two-beat rhythm
2. Dancing to the music

intransitive verb

To play or dance to this music

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