Synonyms: rock, tilt, sway, careen
Definition: pitching dangerously to one side
Similar words: lurch, pitch, pitching
Definition: abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
Usage: the pitching and tossing was quite exciting
Synonyms: 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.
Similar words: popular music, popular music genre
Definition: any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
Synonyms: rock, rock candy
Definition: hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
Definition: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
Definition: a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
Usage: he threw a rock at me
Similar words: natural object
Definition: an object occurring naturally; not made by man
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: good person
Definition: a person who is good to other people
Definition: United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
Similar words: gynaecologist, gynecologist, woman's doctor
Definition: a specialist in gynecology
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
Similar words: material, stuff
Definition: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
Usage: coal is a hard black material; wheat is the stuff they use to make bread
Definition: move back and forth or sideways
Usage: the ship was rocking; the tall building swayed; She rocked back and forth on her feet
Similar words: move back and forth
Definition: move in one direction and then into the opposite direction
Definition: cause to move back and forth
Usage: rock the cradle; rock the baby; the wind swayed the trees gently
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant