Main entry: rock, tilt, sway, careen
Definition: pitching dangerously to one side
Main entry: rock, rock 'n' roll, rock and roll, rock music, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll
Definition: a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
Usage: rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll.
Main entry: rock, rock candy
Definition: hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
Definition: a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
Usage: he threw a rock at me
Main entry: rock
Definition: (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable
Usage: he was her rock during the crisis; Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church--Gospel According to Matthew
Definition: United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
Definition: material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
Usage: that mountain is solid rock; stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries
Definition: move back and forth or sideways
Usage: the ship was rocking; the tall building swayed; She rocked back and forth on her feet
Definition: cause to move back and forth
Usage: rock the cradle; rock the baby; the wind swayed the trees gently