rock

Solid mineral aggregate.

Meanings

A formation of minerals, specifically:
A large hill or island having no vegetation.
Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.
A lump or cube of ice.
A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length.
A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.
An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes.
An Afrikaner.
An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands.
Any of several fish:
A basketball.
A mistake.
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.
A cricket ball, especially a new one that has not been softened by use
A crystal used to control the radio frequency.
An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway.
A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals.
Distaff.
The flax or wool on a distaff.
(mythical bird)

To move gently back and forth.
To cause to shake or sway violently.
To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.
To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).
To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.
to make love to or have sex with.
To sway one's body as a stim.
To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.
To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.
to thrill or excite, especially with rock music
to do something with excitement yet skillfully
To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style).

From Middle English rocke, rokke, from Old English *rocc, as in Old English stānrocc, and also later from Anglo-Norman roc, roce, roque (compare Modern French roc, roche, rocher), from Medieval Latin rocca (attested 767), from Vulgar Latin *rocca, of uncertain origin, sometimes said to be of Celtic (in particular, perhaps Gaulish) origin (compare Breton roc'h).
From Middle English rokken, from Old English roccian, from Proto-West Germanic *rokkōn, from Proto-Germanic *rukkōną (compare obsolete Dutch rokken, Middle High German rocken, Modern German rücken, Icelandic rukka), from Proto-Germanic *rugnōną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ruk-néh₂, from *h₃rewk-, *h₃runk- (compare Latin runcāre, Latvian rũķēt).
Shortened from rock and roll. Since the meaning of rock has adapted to mean a simpler, more modern, metal-like genre, rock and roll has generally been left referring to earlier forms such as that of the 1950s, notably more swing-oriented style.
From Middle English rok, rocke, rokke, perhaps from Middle Dutch rocke (whence Dutch rokken), Middle Low German rocken, or Old Norse rokkr (whence Icelandic / Faroese rokkur, Danish rok, Swedish spinnrock ("spinning wheel")). Cognate with Old High German rocko ("distaff").

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