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Meanings of rock in English

Portuguese
rock
Catalan
rock
Spanish
rock
Wikidata

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

rock
Portuguese
rocha
Catalan
pedra
Spanish
piedra
Wikidata

A lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter.

rocha
Russian
горная порода
Portuguese
rocha
Spanish
roca
Catalan
roca
Wikidata

Naturally occurring solid aggregate of one or more minerals or mineraloids.

горная порода
Wikidata

Type of hard stick-shaped boiled sugar confectionery.

Synonyms
Examples for "blackpool rock"
Examples for "blackpool rock"
1
He even recorded songs about the place, such as the lascivious and censor-baffling Little Stick of Blackpool Rock.
The Guardian
2
If you sliced me in half I would have Labour running through me like a stick of Blackpool rock.
The Guardian
3
England are 2-0 down so need to win both matches oop north to avoid being Blackpool rocked.
The Guardian
1
The latter has divilment running through her like letters through Brighton rock.
The Irish Times
2
Check out this scene with future Doctor Who William Hartnell from Brighton Rock.
The Irish Times
3
We can feel properly nostalgic for Brighton Rock now.
The Guardian
4
For 1947 we also considered Brighton Rock, It Always Rains on Sunday, Body and Soul and Monsieur Verdoux.
The Irish Times
5
This bizarre promotional ploy subsequently became part of the language and was immortalised in Graham Greene's Brighton Rock.
The Irish Times
Usage of rock in English
1
He said: ''My business is with Isengard tonight, with rock and stone.''
The two towers
2
Four Icelanders and an American asked the question: Can rock climbing help?
Climbing Magazine
3
The government plans to control the state before hitting rock-bottom, he said.
Reuters
4
However, local climbers have long felt the area's dearth of quality rock.
Climbing Magazine
5
There is a rock rising from a great turquoise sea of sand.
Year's best sf 15
6
In short, they are a power duo without peer in rock today.
Wired
7
Another problem: not much of a rock shoe can actually be stretched.
Rock and Ice Magazine
8
It needs to work, because Kendrick's serve looks rock-hard at the moment.
The Guardian
9
The precipice grew in the darkness; the vertical rock had no ending.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
10
Free Solo, a new film about rock climber Alex Honnold, is different.
The Guardian
11
Can't hear you, fellah.... Too much rock 'n' roll, way back when.
The Postman
12
Progressive rock is a term that's been used widely for 50 years.
Radio NZ
13
He wanted the rock 'n' roll foolishness to end, that's for sure.
Phoenix noir
14
The Speaker then placed the phial in the cavity of the rock.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4
15
About going to the great rock and the great roll, I mean.
The Einstein Intersection
16
At the base of the rock shelf, something glinted in the sunlight.
Gold in the Sky
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Common
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