rock

a usually valuable stone cut and polished for ornament a trophy wife with enough rocks to open her own jewelry store Synonyms of rock brilliant, gemstone, jewel, gem [slang]Words Related to rock bauble, bijou, trinket; birthstone; baguette, cabochon, cameo, scarab, solitaire, teardrop; paste, rhinestone, zircon; crown jewels, jewelryNear Antonyms of rock rough

1 to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions the boat was rocking so much that several passengers felt seasick Synonyms of rock careen, lurch, pitch, roll, seesaw, sway, toss, wobble (also wabble) Words Related to rock blunder, buck, dodder, falter, flounder, halt, hitch, hobble, jerk, jolt, reel, shake, stagger, stumble, teeter, toddle, totter, tumble, vacillate, vibrate, waddle, waver, weave; oscillate, undulate, wag, waggle

2 to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side the drunk rocked on his heels for a moment and then fell flat on his back Synonyms of rock falter, teeter, totter, waver, wobble (also wabble)Words Related to rock flounder, lurch, stumble, toddle; quake, quaver, quiver, shake, shudder, tremble, vibrate; careen, reel, stagger, weave

3 to make senseless or dizzy by a blow she rocked the mugger with a single punch and then ran Synonyms of rock daze, stunWords Related to rock deaden, knock out, paralyze; benumb, numb, stupefy; bowl over, knock down; bang, bash, belt, bludgeon, bonk, bop, clobber, clock, clout, hammer, hit, paste, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale; batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, mangle, maul, pelt, pummel

4 to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected the news of the mayor's sudden death rocked the city Synonyms of rock amaze, astonish, astound, bowl over, dumbfound (also dumfound), flabbergast, floor, surprise, shock, startle, stun, stupefy, thunderstrikeWords Related to rock befuddle, bewilder, blindside, blow away, confound, confuse, daze, discomfit, disconcert, dismay, jar, muddle, nonplus, perplex, shake up