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rock |
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rock verb | noun
1 verb 1.•the ship rocked on the water:move to and fro, move back and forth, sway, seesaw | roll, pitch, plunge, toss, lurch, reel, list | wobble, oscillate. 2.•the building began to rock:shake, vibrate, quake, tremble. 3.•Wall Street was rocked by the news:stun, shock, stagger, astonish, startle, surprise, shake, shake up, take aback, throw, unnerve, disconcert. 4.informal •this game totally rocks:be impressive | informal kick butt, blow one away, blow one's mind, rock one's world, be cool, be on fire.
2 noun 1.•a gully strewn with rocks:boulder, stone, pebble. 2.•a castle built on a rock:crag, cliff, outcrop. 3.•Toni was the rock on which they relied:foundation, cornerstone, support, prop, mainstay | tower of strength, bulwark, anchor. 4.informal •she wore a massive rock on her finger:diamond, jewel, precious stone. PHRASES
on the rocks informal 1.•her marriage is on the rocks:in difficulty, in trouble, breaking up, over | in tatters, in ruins, ruined. 2.•a Scotch on the rocks:with ice, on ice, over ice. WORD LINKSpetrography, petrology the study of the composition and properties of rocksWord Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms. |
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