Synonyms for rock
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : rok |
| Phonetic Transcription : rÉ’k |
Top 10 synonyms for rock Other synonyms for the word rock
- agitate
- anchor
- bedrock
- billow
- boulder
- bulwark
- careen
- cobblestone
- concuss
- cornerstone
- crag
- crust
- defense
- falter
- heave
- jiggle
- jog
- jounce
- lodge
- lurch
- mainstay
- mass
- mineral
- move
- ore
- oscillate
- pebble
- pitch
- promontory
- protection
- push and pull
- quake
- quarry
- quaver
- quiver
- reef
- reel
- Rock of Gibraltar
- roll
- roll about
- shelf
- slag
- stagger
- strength
- support
- sway
- swing
- toss
- totter
- tremble
- undulate
- vibrate
- wobble
Définition of rock
Origin :- "stone, mass of mineral matter," c.1300, from Old English rocc (e.g. stanrocc "stone rock or obelisk") and directly from Old North French roque, which is cognate with Medieval Latin rocca (8c.), from Vulgar Latin *rocca, of uncertain origin, according to Klein sometimes said to be from Celtic (cf. Breton roch).
- In Middle English it seems to have been used principally for rock formations as opposed to individual stones. Meaning "precious stone, especially a diamond," is 1908, U.S. slang. Meaning "crystallized cocaine" is attested from 1973, in West Coast U.S. slang. Figurative use for "sure foundation" (especially with reference to Christ) is from 1520s; but also from 1520s as "source of danger or destruction," in reference to shipwrecks (e.g. on the rocks). Also used attributively in names of animals that frequent rocky habitats, e.g. rock lobster (1843). Between a rock and a hard place first attested 1921:
- to be between a rock and a hard place, vb. ph. To be bankrupt. Common in Arizona in recent panics; sporadic in California. ["Dialect Notes," vol. V, part iv, 1921]
- Rock-ribbed is from 1776, originally of land; figurative sense of "resolute" first recorded 1887. Rock-happy (1945) was U.S. Pacific Theater armed forces slang for "mentally unhinged after too much time on one island." The rock-scissors-paper game is attested by that name from 1976; from 1968 as paper-stone-scissors. A 1967 source says it is based on Japanese Jan Ken Pon (or Janken for short), which is said to mean the same thing more or less.
- noun stone
- noun foundation
- verb move back and forth
- On a rock, amid the roaring water, Lies Cassiopea's gentle daughter.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- "It was providential, your seeing the rock," he said to the engineer.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Mauburn felt the rock foundations of Manhattan Island to be crumbling to dust.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He sprang to the rock, and exerted his utmost strength to dislodge it.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- He threw himself against the rock and pushed with all the strength he could command.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- The rock is very magnetic, and the compass is quite useless.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Found a rock hole with about forty gallons of water in it close to camp.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Pools of water, rock bottom; in fact, rock reservoirs, and fed by springs.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Rock, rock, went the cradle, and mother and child slept; but alas!
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- Whacked his head on a rock, and young Lanning thought his man was dead.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
Antonyms for rock
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