rock
/ɹɑk/ verb C2- To move gently back and forth. · Rock the baby to sleep.· The empty swing rocked back and forth in the wind.
- To sway one's body as a stim.
- To cause to shake or sway violently. · Don't rock the boat.
- To sway or tilt violently back and forth. · The boat rocked at anchor.
- To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker. · The ores had been rocked and laid out for inspection.
- To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact. · Downing Street has been rocked by yet another sex scandal.· She rocked my world.
- To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.
- To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic. · Chocolate rocks.· My holidays in Ibiza rocked! I can't wait to go back.
He/she/it rocks · Past rocked · Past participle rocked · -ing form rocking
Verb forms
- Base form
- rock
- He/she/it
- rocks
- Past
- rocked
- Past participle
- rocked
- -ing form
- rocking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- rock along To progress in a smooth fashion.
- rock on To party to music, especially rock, or to continue to per...
- rock out To party to or play rock music, punk rock, grunge or heav...
- rock up To turn up at a place or function spontaneously or unexpe...
- rock up To work one's way vertically up a chimney or cleft using ...
From the library
They will hold a jungle Council at the Rock, and then--and then--I have it!” said Bagheera, leaping up.
He took his place at the Council Rock, too, when the Pack met, and there he discovered that if he stared hard at any wolf, the wolf would be forced to drop his eyes, and so he used to stare for fun.
Father Wolf waited till his cubs could run a little, and then on the night of the Pack Meeting took them and Mowgli and Mother Wolf to the Council Rock--a hilltop covered with stones and boulders where a hundred wolves could hide.
Akela, the great gray Lone Wolf, who led all the Pack by strength and cunning, lay out at full length on his rock, and below him sat forty or more wolves of every size and color, from badger-colored veterans who could handle a buck alone to young black three-year-olds who thought they could.
Other matches
- rock The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mine... A2
- rock To pelt with rocks B2
- rock To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especial... C2
- rock Distaff. C2
- rock An act of rocking C2
- rock A style of music characterized by basic drum-be... C2
- rock along To progress in a smooth fashion.
- rock on To party to music, especially rock, or to conti...
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