Word Meaning

Meaning of rocks

- See Roc.
- A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.
- A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.
- Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds.
- That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.
- Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
- The striped bass. See under Bass.
- To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.
- To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet.
- To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.
- To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair.

Crossword clue for rocks

- Boulder
- Boulder made of granite or cork, perhaps
- Hard confectionery
- Large rugged mass of stone
- Large stone
- Move cradle around the clock?
- Move to and fro
- Style of music favoured by one of the Stones?
- Sway
- Sway to and fro
- Type of music
- Castles in chess
- hudson and others
- Ice blocks: they tear up papers
- Moves back and forth
- Pebbles
- Promontories
- Sock misplaced behind Royal cradles
- Stones
- Stuns with boulders
- Sways
- Sways to and fro
- Swings to and fro
- Teeters
- Wobbles