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(noun) rock, tilt, sway, careen
pitching dangerously to one side
(noun) rock, rock 'n' roll, rock and roll, rock music, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll
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.
(noun) rock, rock candy
hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
he threw a rock at me
(noun) rock
(figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable
he was her rock during the crisis; Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church--Gospel According to Matthew
(noun) John Rock
United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
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
move back and forth or sideways
the ship was rocking; the tall building swayed; She rocked back and forth on her feet
cause to move back and forth
rock the cradle; rock the baby; the wind swayed the trees gently