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rock
English
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) /??k/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??k/
- (General American) enPR: r?k, IPA(key): /??k/
- Homophones: roc, rawk
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology 1
From Middle English rocke, rokke (“rock formation”), from Old English *rocc (“rock”), as in Old English st?nrocc (“high stone rock, peak, obelisk”), 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 [Term?]) origin (compare Breton roc'h).
Noun
rock (countable and uncountable, plural rocks)
- A formation of minerals, specifically:
- (uncountable) The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.
- A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water.
- (chiefly British) A boulder or large stone; or (US, Canada) a smaller stone; a pebble.
- (geology) Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals.
- (slang) A precious stone or gem, especially a diamond.
- (uncountable) The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.
- A large hill or island having no vegetation.
- (figuratively) Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.
- 1611, King James Bible, Matthew 16:18,
- 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.
- 1991, Robert Harling and Andrew Bergman, Soapdish, Paramount Pictures,
- Celeste Talbert: She is my rock, my right hand.
- 1611, King James Bible, Matthew 16:18,
- A lump or cube of ice.
- (Britain, uncountable) A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length.
- (US, slang) A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.
- Synonyms: crack rock, candy
- (US, slang) An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes.
- (South Africa, slang, derogatory) An Afrikaner.
- (US poker slang) An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands.
- Any of several fish:
- The striped bass.
- The huss or rock salmon.
- We ordered rock and chips to take away.
- (US, basketball, slang) A basketball.
- Yo homie, pass the rock!
- (US, baseball, slang) A mistake.
- 2014, Joe Morgan, ?Richard Lally, Baseball For Dummies (page 227)
- 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.
- 2014, Joe Morgan, ?Richard Lally, Baseball For Dummies (page 227)
- (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.
- (informal, cricket) A cricket ball, especially a new one that has not been softened by use
- (CB radio slang) A crystal used to control the radio frequency.
- 1980, Joseph J. Carr, The Complete Handbook of Radio Receivers (page 199)
- It was easily possible to double the cost of a CB rig just by adding all of the "rocks" necessary to do the job.
- 1980, Joseph J. Carr, The Complete Handbook of Radio Receivers (page 199)
Synonyms
- (natural mineral aggregate): stone
- (projecting mass of rock): cliff
- (boulder or large stone): boulder, pebble, stone
- (something strong, stable, and dependable): foundation, support
- (precious stone or gem): gem, diamond
- (lump of ice): ice, ice cube
- (crystallized lump of crack cocaine): crack
- (Afrikaner): Afrikaner
- bedrock
Hyponyms
- (geology): country rock
Derived terms
Translations
References
Etymology 2
From Middle English rokken, from Old English roccian, from Proto-Germanic *rukk?n? (compare obsolete Dutch rokken, Middle High German rocken (“to drag, jerk”), Modern German rücken (“to move, shift”), Icelandic rukka (“to yank”)), from Proto-Germanic *rugn?n?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ruk-néh?, from *h?runk- (compare Latin runc?re (“to weed”), Latvian r???t (“to toss, dig”)).
Verb
rock (third-person singular simple present rocks, present participle rocking, simple past and past participle rocked)
- (transitive and intransitive) To move gently back and forth.
- (transitive) To cause to shake or sway violently.
- A rising earthquake rocked the ground.
- (intransitive) To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
- (transitive and intransitive, of ore etc.) To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.
- (transitive) To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).
- (intransitive) To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.
- (slang, transitive, euphemistic) to make love to or have sex with.
- (intransitive) To sway one's body as a stim.
Synonyms
- (move gently back and forth): waver; see also Thesaurus:sway
- (cause to shake violently): agitate, trouble
- (sway violently back and forth): judder; see also Thesaurus:shake
- (do well): cook with gas, flourish
- (have sex with): go to bed with, hit, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
rock (plural rocks)
- An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway.
Translations
Etymology 3
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.
Noun
rock (uncountable)
- A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, and vocals.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
rock (third-person singular simple present rocks, present participle rocking, simple past and past participle rocked)
- (intransitive) To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.
- Let’s rock!
- (intransitive, slang) To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.
- Chocolate rocks.
- My holidays in Ibiza rocked! I can't wait to go back.
- (transitive) to thrill or excite, especially with rock music
- Let's rock this joint!
- (transitive) to do something with excitement yet skillfully
- I need to rock a piss.
- (transitive) To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style).
- 2011, Tim Jonze, The Guardian, 29 Apr 2011:
- Take today, where she's rocking that well-known fashion combo – a Tory Burch outfit offset with a whacking great bruise attained by smacking her head on a plane's overhead lockers.
- 2011, Tim Jonze, The Guardian, 29 Apr 2011:
Synonyms
- (be very favourable or skilful): rule
Antonyms
- (be very favourable or skilful): stink, suck (the latter may be perceived as vulgar)
Related terms
- rock and roll
Translations
Etymology 4
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”).
Noun
rock (countable and uncountable, plural rocks)
- (countable) Distaff.
- (uncountable) The flax or wool on a distaff.
Synonyms
- (distaff): distaff
- (flax or wool):
Translations
Etymology 5
Noun
rock (plural rocks)
- Archaic form of roc (mythical bird)
Anagrams
- Cork, Kroc, cork
Catalan
Etymology
From English rock.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?r?k/
Noun
rock m (uncountable)
- rock, rock music
Further reading
- “rock” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “rock” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “rock” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Czech
Etymology
From English rock.
Noun
rock m
- rock (style of music)
Derived terms
- rockový
Dutch
Etymology
From English rock.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?k
- IPA(key): /r?k/
Noun
rock m (uncountable)
- rock (style of music)
Finnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English rock.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rok/, [?ro?k]
Noun
rock
- rock (style of music)
Declension
Synonyms
- rock-musiikki
- rokki
Derived terms
- rokata
- rokkari
- suomirock
Compounds
- hevirock
- rockelokuva
- rockmusiikki
- rockooppera
- rocktähti
- rockvideo
- rockyhtye
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English rock.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??k/
Noun
rock m (uncountable)
- rock (style of music)
Derived terms
- (n.) rockeur m / rockeuse f
- (v.) rocker
Further reading
- “rock” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hungarian
Etymology
From English rock.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?rok?]
- Hyphenation: rock
Noun
rock (plural rockok)
- (music) rock (style of music)
- Synonym: rockzene
Declension
Derived terms
- rockos
Related terms
Italian
Etymology
From English rock.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?k/
Noun
rock m (uncountable)
- rock (style of music)
Further reading
- rock in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Polish
Etymology
From English rock.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?k/
Noun
rock m inan
- rock (style of music)
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) rockowy
Related terms
- (noun) rock and roll
Further reading
- rock in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- rock in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- roque
Etymology
From English rock.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /??k/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /???k/, /???.ki/
Noun
rock m (uncountable)
- rock (style of music)
- Synonym: rock and roll
Derived terms
- roqueiro
Spanish
Etymology
From English rock.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rok/, [?rok]
Noun
rock m (plural rocks)
- rock (music style)
Derived terms
- roquero m, roquera f
- rockero m, rockera f
- rockear
- rockódromo m
- rock pesado
Related terms
- rocanrol m
- rocanrolero m
- rock and roll m
Further reading
- “rock” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /¹r?k/, [¹r?k?]
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish rokker, from Middle Low German rock, from Old Saxon rok, from Proto-Germanic *rukkaz.
Noun
rock c
- a coat, an overcoat
Declension
Synonyms
- kappa
- päls
- trenchcoat
- ulster
Related terms
- rockslag
- söndagsrock
- vinterrock
- ytterrock
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English rock.
Noun
rock c (uncountable)
- (music, uncountable) rock, rock and roll
Declension
Related terms
- rockband
- rockmusik
References
- rock in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- rock in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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jazz
English
Alternative forms
- jaz, jas, jass, jasz (all dated, used from about 1912 to about 1918)
Etymology
Unknown. First attested around 1912 in a discussion of baseball; attested in reference to music around 1915. Numerous references suggest that the term may be connected to jasm and jism.
Pronunciation
- enPR: j?z, IPA(key): /d??æz/
- Rhymes: -æz
Noun
jazz (uncountable)
- (music) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.
- Energy, excitement, excitability.
- The substance or makeup of a thing.
- Unspecified thing(s).
- (with positive terms) Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.
- Nonsense.
- Semen, jizz.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
jazz (third-person singular simple present jazzes, present participle jazzing, simple past and past participle jazzed)
- To destroy.
- To play (jazz music).
- To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
- To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting; excite
- To complicate.
- (intransitive, US slang, dated) To have sex for money, to prostitute oneself.
- (intransitive) To move (around/about) in a lively or frivolous manner; to fool around. [from 20th c.]
- To distract or pester.
- To ejaculate.
Synonyms
- (to destroy): annihilate, ravage; see also Thesaurus:destroy
- (to play jazz music): cook, jam; see also Thesaurus:play music
- (to enliven): invigorate, vitalise; see also Thesaurus:enliven
- (to complicate): complexify, confuscate; see also Thesaurus:complicate
- (to prostitute oneself): sell one's body, turn tricks; see also Thesaurus:prostitute oneself
- (to pester): bother, bug; see also Thesaurus:annoy
Translations
References
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazz.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /??as/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?d??as/
Noun
jazz m (plural jazz)
- jazz
Derived terms
- jazzístic
Further reading
- “jazz” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “jazz” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “jazz” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazz.
Noun
jazz m
- jazz
Declension
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazz.
Noun
jazz m (definite singular jazzen)
- (uncountable) jazz (form of music)
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??z/
- Hyphenation: jazz
Noun
jazz m (uncountable)
- jazz
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?j?ts/, [?j?ts?]
- Rhymes: -?ts
- Syllabification: jazz
Noun
jazz
- jazz (style of music)
Declension
Synonyms
- jatsi
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazz. The compound jazband is attested in a 1918 copy of Le Matin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??z/
Noun
jazz m (uncountable)
- (music) jazz (music style)
Derived terms
- jazz
- jazzifier
- jazzman
Further reading
- “jazz” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??az/, /?d???z/
Noun
jazz m (uncountable)
- (music) jazz
Adjective
jazz (invariable)
- (relational) jazz
- Synonym: jazzistico
Derived terms
- jazzista
- jazzistico
References
- jazz in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- jass
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazz.
Noun
jazz m (definite singular jazzen)
- (uncountable) jazz (form of music)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- jass
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazz.
Noun
jazz m (definite singular jazzen)
- (uncountable) jazz (form of music)
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d???s/
Noun
jazz m inan
- jazz (music)
Declension
Synonyms
- d?ez
Derived terms
- jazzowy
- jazzband
- jazzman
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazz.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?d???s/
Noun
jazz m (uncountable)
- (music) jazz (music genre)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:jazz.
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English jazz.
Pronunciation
Noun
jazz m (uncountable)
- jazz
Derived terms
- jazzista m or f
jazz From the web:
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- what jazz standards should i learn
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- what jazz instrument should i play
- what jazz standards are public domain
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- what jazz should i listen to
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