Usually means: Solid mineral material of Earth.
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General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rock, rock: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. rock, rock, the Rock: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rock, rock: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. rock, the Rock: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Rock, rock: Vocabulary.com
  6. Rock, Rock, rock: Wordnik
  7. rock: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Rock, The Rock, rock, the Rock: Wiktionary
  9. rock: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. rock: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. rock: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. rock: Dictionary.com
  13. rock (n.), rock (v.1), rock (v.2): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. rock: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. ROCK, Rock (Geology), Rock (Soul Calibur), Rock (album), Rock (comics), Rock (confectionary), Rock (confectionery), Rock (disambiguation), Rock (geology), Rock (manga), Rock (music), Rock (name), Rock (processor), Rock (rapper), Rock, Rock, The Rock (Dwayne Johnson), The Rock (John Entwistle album), The Rock (Michigan State University), The Rock (New Zealand), The Rock (Northwestern University), The Rock (Rachmaninoff), The Rock (The Frankie Miller Band album), The Rock (Tracy Lawrence album), The Rock (building), The Rock (disambiguation), The Rock (film), The Rock (play), The Rock (radio station), The Rock (rugby team), The Rock (stadium), The Rock (wrestler), The Rock, The rock: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Rock: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. rock: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. rock: Rhymezone
  19. Rock (m), rock: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. rock: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. ROCK: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  22. Rock, rock: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. Rock: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  24. rock: Free Dictionary
  25. rock: Mnemonic Dictionary
  26. The Rock, rock: Dictionary/thesaurus
  27. rock: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Jazz Humor (No longer online)
  2. Rock: Dictionary of Symbolism

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Rock (geology), The Rock, rock: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rock (geology), Rock (music), Rock (river, United States), The Rock, rock: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rock (drug): MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Rock (geology), Rock, The Rock: Medical dictionary
  4. Rock (drug): Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. ROCK: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. The Rock, rock: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rock: Easton Bible

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
  2. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rock (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. rock: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  4. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  5. Rock(s), Rock: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  6. The Rock: A Seattle Lexicon
  7. The Rock: Urban Dictionary

Sports (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rock: Dan's Poker
  2. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  3. Texas Hold'em Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. 2060 Shadow-Slang (No longer online)
  5. Rock: Poker Terms

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Coal Mining Terms (No longer online)
  2. Rock: Gems and Precious Stones
  3. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  4. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See rocked as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A formation of minerals, specifically:
noun:  (uncountable) The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.
noun:  A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water.
noun:  (chiefly UK, Ireland) A boulder or large stone; or (US, Canada) a smaller stone; a pebble.
noun:  (geology) Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals.
noun:  (slang) A precious stone or gem, especially a diamond.
noun:  A large hill or island having no vegetation.
noun:  (figuratively) Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.
noun:  A lump or cube of ice.
noun:  (British, uncountable) A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length.
noun:  (US, slang) A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.
noun:  (US, slang) An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes.
noun:  (South Africa, slang, derogatory) An Afrikaner.
noun:  (US poker slang) An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands.
noun:  Any of several fish:
noun:  The striped bass.
noun:  The huss or rock salmon.
noun:  (US, basketball, slang) A basketball.
noun:  (US, baseball, slang) A mistake.
noun:  (curling) Synonym of stone.
noun:  (rock paper scissors) 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.
noun:  (informal, cricket) A cricket ball, especially a new one that has not been softened by use
noun:  (CB radio slang) A crystal used to control the radio frequency.
verb:  (transitive and intransitive) To move gently back and forth.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to shake or sway violently.
verb:  (intransitive) To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
verb:  (transitive and intransitive, of ore etc.) To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.
verb:  (transitive) To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).
verb:  (intransitive) To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.
verb:  (intransitive, stative) To be cool.
verb:  (slang, transitive, intransitive, euphemistic) To make love to or have sex (with).
verb:  (intransitive) To sway one's body as a stim.
noun:  An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway.
noun:  (music) A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboards (often), and vocals.
verb:  (intransitive) To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.
verb:  (intransitive, slang) To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.
verb:  (transitive) To thrill or excite, especially with rock music.
verb:  (intransitive) To have people dancing and enjoying rock music.
verb:  (transitive) To do something with excitement yet skillfully.
verb:  (transitive) To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style).
noun:  (countable) Distaff.
noun:  (uncountable) The flax or wool on a distaff.
noun:  A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a rock or an oak ( atter + oke ).
noun:  A male given name transferred from the surname.
noun:  A number of places in England:
noun:  A coastal village in St Minver Lowlands parish, north Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9375).
noun:  A hamlet in Membury parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST2702).
noun:  A village in Rennington parish, northern Northumberland (OS grid ref NU2020).
noun:  A hamlet in Curry Mallet parish, South Somerset district and North Curry parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3222).
noun:  A hamlet in Washington parish, Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ1214).
noun:  A village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO7371).
noun:  A place in Wales:
noun:  A hamlet in Blackwood community, Caerphilly county borough (OS grid ref ST1898).
noun:  A hamlet north-east of Cwmavon, Neath Port Talbot county borough (OS grid ref SS7993).
noun:  The Rock, a village south-west of Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
noun:  A number of places in the United States:
noun:  An unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Maple Ridge Township, Delta County, Michigan.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia.
noun:  A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.
noun:  A town in Wood County, Wisconsin.
noun:  A number of townships in the United States, listed under Rock Township.
noun:  the Rock
noun:  (preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of Gibraltar.
noun:  (Australia, preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of Uluru.
noun:  (preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of the prison on Alcatraz Island, USA.
noun:  (Canada, preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
noun:  Archaic form of roc (mythical bird) [An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend.]

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