rock
EN
[ɹʷɔk] [ɹɒk] [-ɒk] [ɹɑk] 
US WRock
- Rock usually refers to:
- Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids
- Rock music, a form of popular music
- Rock or Rocks may also refer to:
FR rock 
- NounPLrocksSUF-ock
- VerbSGrocksPRrockingPT, PProcked
- (transitive and intransitive) To move gently back and forth.
- To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.
- VT To cause to shake or sway violently.
- VI To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
- The boat rocked at anchor.
- (transitive and intransitive, of ore etc.) To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.
- The ores had been rocked and laid out for inspection.
- VT To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).
- Downing Street has been rocked by yet another sex scandal.
- She rocked my world.
- VI To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.
- The Blues' challenge had been rocking at that point, with Terry's centre-back partner Gary Cahill lost to injury and Barca having just levelled the tie through Busquets's neat, close-range finish from Isaac Cuenca's pull-back.
- (euphemistic) to make love to or have sex with someone.
- Yarbrough & Peoples, "Don't Stop the Music": I just wanna rock you, all night long.
- Andy Kim, "Rock Me Gently": Rock me gently, rock me slowly, take it easy, don't you know, 'cause I have never been loved like this before.
- VI To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.
- Let’s rock!
- VI SLA To be very favourable or skilful; to excel.
- Chocolate rocks.
- VT to thrill or excite, especially with rock music.
- Let's rock this joint!
- VT to do something with excitement yet skillfully.
- I need to rock a piss.
- VT To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style).
- (transitive and intransitive) To move gently back and forth.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- To honor the spirits that take form as mountains, the Inca stoneworkers carved rock outcrops to replicate their shapes.
- I tried on a pair of drop-crotch pants one day because they were trendy and I thought maybe, just maybe, I could rock them.
- We are going to rock out with our cocks out in Vegas fellas!
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- She led us through the tunnels for some time, until at length we reached a small door in the rock.
- The fontinal cliff vegetation occupies moist rocky banks, damp ledges, and dripping rocks.
- If the wings aren't big enough your paper airplane will fly like a rock.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of rock in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Ergative verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Ergative verbs
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
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Grammatically, this word "rock" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, an ergative verb, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.