- 1[intransitive, transitive] to move gently backward and forward or from side to side; to make someone or something move in this way (+ adv./prep.) The boat rocked from side to side in the waves. She was rocking backward and forward in her seat. rock somebody/something (+ adv./prep.) He rocked the baby gently in his arms.
shock - 2[transitive, often passive] rock somebody/something to shock someone or something very much or make them afraid The country was rocked by a series of political scandals. The news rocked the world.
- 3[intransitive, transitive] to shake or to make something shake violently The house rocked when the bomb exploded. rock something The town was rocked by an earthquake. (figurative) The scandal rocked the government (= made the situation difficult for it). dance
- 4[intransitive] (old-fashioned) to dance to rock music be good
- 5something rocks [intransitive] (slang) used to say that something is very good Her new movie rocks! Idioms
rock
verbNAmE//rɑk//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they rock he / she / it rocks
past simple rocked
-ing form rocking
to do something that upsets a situation and causes problems She was told to keep her mouth shut and not rock the boat.
shake/rock the foundations of something, shake/rock something to its foundations jump to other results
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