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plural of rock, slang
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(Entry 1 of 2)
a usually valuable stone cut and polished for ornament
- a trophy wife with enough rocks to open her own jewelry store
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rocks
verb
present tense third-person singular of rock
Synonyms of rocks (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions
- the boat was rocking so much that several passengers felt seasick
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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
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3
to make senseless or dizzy by a blow
- she rocked the mugger with a single punch and then ran
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4
to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected
- the news of the mayor's sudden death rocked the city
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- amazes,
- astonishes,
- astounds,
- bowls over,
- dumbfounds
- (also dumfounds),
- flabbergasts,
- floors,
- shocks,
- startles,
- stuns,
- stupefies,
- surprises
- (also surprizes),
- thunderstrikes
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- befuddles,
- bewilders,
- blindsides,
- blows away,
- confounds,
- confuses,
- dazes,
- discomfits,
- disconcerts,
- dismays,
- jars,
- muddles,
- nonpluses
- (or nonplusses),
- perplexes,
- shakes up
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“Rocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rocks. Accessed 23 Oct. 2021.
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