Word: rock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Medieval Latin roccabor.? Old English *rocc Early Medieval Latin rocca Anglo-Norman roquebor. Middle English rokke English rock Inherited from Middle English rocke, rokke (“rock formation”), from Old English *rocc (“rock”), as in Old English stānrocc (“high stone rock, peak, obelisk”), and also later from Anglo-Norman roque, (compare Modern French roc, roche, rocher), from Medieval Latin rocca (attested 767), of uncertain origin, sometimes said to be of Celtic (in particular, perhaps Gaulish) origin (compare Breton roc'h). Related also to Middle Low German rocke (“rock ledge”). One suggestion is that it derives from Vulgar Latin *rupica, from rupes (compare rupico). Pronunciation: /ɹɒk/, /ɹɑk/, /ɹɔk/ 1. A formation of minerals, specifically: Labels: uncountable Example: The face of the cliff is solid rock. Example: Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.[…]Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge. 2. A formation of minerals, specifically: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The ship crashed on the rocks. Example: This enormous, 1.7 million acre property offers hikes to spectacular formations like Metate Arch in Devil’s Garden and the Wahweap Hoodoos, slender, ghostly rocks that can reach several stories high. 3. A formation of minerals, specifically: Labels: Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable Example: Some fool has thrown a rock through my window. 4. A formation of minerals, specifically: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A formation of minerals, specifically: Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: Look at the size of that rock on her finger! Example: I call all the shots, rip all the spots / Rock all the rocks, cop all the drops 6. A large hill or island having no vegetation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The captain named it Pearl Rock after the rising sun illuminated the surface of the island. 7. Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Example: 1991, Robert Harling and Andrew Bergman, Soapdish, Paramount Pictures, Celeste Talbert: She is my rock, my right hand. 8. A lump or cube of ice. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I'll have a whisky on the rocks, please. 9. A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length. Labels: UK, uncountable Example: While we're in Brighton, let's get a stick of rock! Example: With my little stick of Blackpool rock/Along the promenade I stroll. 10. A crystallized lump of crack cocaine. Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable Example: I ain't guilty, ‘cause even though I sell rocks / It feels good puttin' money in your mailbox Example: When I necked five-quid bottles of vodka, I did not read the label. When I scored rocks and bags off tumbleweed hobos blowing through the no-man's-land of Hackney estates, I conducted no litmus test. 11. An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes. Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable 12. An Afrikaner. Labels: South-Africa, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable 13. An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands. Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable 14. Any of several fish: Labels: countable, uncountable 15. Any of several fish: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We ordered rock and chips to take away. 16. A basketball. Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable Example: Yo homie, pass the rock! Example: It [the original Space Jam limped to 88 minutes with detours into Jordan’s swanky mansion and forced its cartoon cavalry to compete for screen time against Wayne Knight and a bunch of basketball players who delivered their lines much less confidently than they put the rock through the net. 17. A mistake. Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable Example: 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. 18. Synonym of stone. Labels: countable, uncountable 19. 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. Labels: countable, uncountable 20. A cricket ball, especially a new one that has not been softened by use Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 21. A crystal used to control the radio frequency. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was easily possible to double the cost of a CB rig just by adding all of the "rocks" necessary to do the job. 22. A cheap golf ball. Labels: countable, uncountable