Rock - Meaning in Tamil

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Rock - Meaning in Tamil

Rock Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of Rock in English

Rock noun

1. United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)

   Synonyms

   John Rock

rock noun

1. pitching dangerously to one side

   Synonyms

   careen, rock, rock, sway, tilt

2. a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western

   Synonyms

   rock 'n' roll, rock and roll, rock music, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock, rock

   Example

   • "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll."
3. hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)

   Synonyms

   rock candy, rock, rock

4. a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

   Synonyms

   rock, rock, stone, stone

   Example

   • "he threw a rock at me"
5. (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable

   Synonyms

   rock, rock

   Examples

   • "he was her rock during the crisis"
   • "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church"
6. material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust

   Synonyms

   rock, rock, stone, stone

   Examples

   • "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"
   • "that mountain is solid rock"

rock verb

1. move back and forth or sideways

   Synonyms

   rock, rock, shake, sway

   Examples

   • "She rocked back and forth on her feet"
   • "the ship was rocking"
   • "the tall building swayed"
2. cause to move back and forth

   Synonyms

   rock, rock, sway

   Examples

   • "rock the baby"
   • "rock the cradle"
   • "the wind swayed the trees gently"

Synonyms of Rock

• careen, sway, tilt
• rock 'n' roll, rock and roll, rock music, rock-and-roll, rock'n'roll
• rock candy
• stone
• john rock
• stone
• shake, sway
• sway

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