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Difference Between Rock and Wood

Rock

the solid mineral material forming part of the surface of the earth and other similar planets, exposed on the surface or underlying the soil
a piece of rock
a spectacular rock arch
the beds of rock are slightly tilted
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Wood

Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic material – a natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin that resists compression.
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Rock

a large piece of rock which has become detached from a cliff or mountain; a boulder
the stream flowed through a jumble of rocks
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Wood

the hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub, used for fuel or timber
a block of wood
best quality woods were used for joinery
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Rock

used to refer to someone or something that is extremely strong, reliable, or hard
the Irish scrum has been as solid as a rock
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Wood

an area of land, smaller than a forest, that is covered with growing trees
a thick hedge divided the wood from the field
a long walk in the woods
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Rock

money.
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Wood

The secondary xylem of trees and shrubs, lying beneath the bark and consisting largely of cellulose and lignin.
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Rock

rock music
the store plays a peculiar blend of 70s and 80s rock
a rock concert
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Wood

This tissue when cut and dried, used especially for building material and fuel.
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Rock

a gentle movement to and fro or from side to side
she placed the baby in the cot and gave it a rock
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Wood

A growth of trees and other plants usually covering a smaller area than a forest.
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Rock

move gently to and fro or from side to side
the vase rocked back and forth on its base
she rocked the baby in her arms
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Wood

A forest.
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Rock

dance to or play rock music
he looked a totally different man and ready to rock
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Wood

(Music) A woodwind.
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Rock

wear (a garment) or affect (an attitude or style), especially in a confident or flamboyant way
she was rocking a clingy little leopard-skin number
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Wood

(Sports) Any of a series of golf clubs used to hit long shots, having a bulbous head made of wood, metal, or graphite, and numbered one to five in order of increasing loft.
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Rock

Relatively hard, naturally formed mineral or petrified matter; stone.
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Wood

To fuel with wood.
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Rock

A relatively small piece or fragment of such material.
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Wood

To cover with trees; forest.
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Rock

A relatively large body of such material, as a cliff or peak.
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Wood

To gather or be supplied with wood.
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Rock

A naturally formed aggregate of mineral matter constituting a significant part of the earth's crust.
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Wood

Made or consisting of wood; wooden.
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Rock

One that is similar to or suggestive of a mass of stone in stability, firmness, or dependability
The family has been his rock during this difficult time.
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Wood

Used or suitable for cutting, storing, or working with wood.
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Rock

rocks(Slang) Money.
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Wood

woods Living, growing, or present in forests
woods animals.
a woods path.
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Rock

(Slang) A large gem, especially a diamond.
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Wood

Mentally deranged.
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Rock

(Slang) Crack cocaine.
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Wood

(uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
This table is made of wood.
There was lots of wood on the beach.
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Rock

A varicolored stick candy.
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Wood

(countable) The wood of a particular species of tree.
Teak is much used for outdoor benches, but a number of other woods are also suitable, such as ipé, redwood, etc.
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Rock

Rock candy.
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Wood

A forested or wooded area.
A wood beyond this moor was viewed as a border area in the seventeenth century.
He got lost in the woods beyond Seattle.
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Rock

A rocking motion.
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Wood

Firewood.
We need more wood for the fire.
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Rock

The act of rocking.
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Wood

A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
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Rock

(Music) A form of popular music characterized by electronically amplified instrumentation, a heavily accented beat, and relatively simple phrase structure. Originating in the United States in the 1950s, rock incorporates a variety of musical styles, especially rhythm and blues, country music, and gospel. Also called rock-and-roll, rock 'n' roll.
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Wood

(music) A woodwind instrument.
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Rock

To move back and forth or from side to side, especially gently or rhythmically.
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Wood

An erection of the penis.
That girl at the strip club gave me wood.
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Rock

To sway violently, as from a blow or shock.
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Wood

Chess pieces.
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Rock

To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker. Used of ores.
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Wood

A peckerwood.
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Rock

(Music) To play or dance to rock music.
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Wood

(transitive) To cover or plant with trees.
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Rock

(Slang) To be excellent or outstanding. Used in exclamations of approval.
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To hide behind trees.
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Rock

To move (a child, for example) back and forth or from side to side, especially in order to soothe or lull to sleep.
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Wood

(transitive) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
to wood a steamboat or a locomotive
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Rock

To cause to shake or sway violently.
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Wood

(intransitive) To take or get a supply of wood.
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Rock

To disturb the mental or emotional equilibrium of; upset
News of the scandal rocked the town.
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Wood

(obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed.
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Rock

To excite or cause strong feeling in, as by playing rock music.
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Wood

Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic.
Our hoste gan to swear as [if] he were wood.
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Rock

To wash or pan (ore) in a cradle or rocker.
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Wood

To grow mad; to act like a madman; to mad.
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Rock

In mezzotint engraving, to roughen (a metal plate) with a rocker or roulette.
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Wood

To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood a steamboat or a locomotive.
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(Slang) To exhibit, display, or use with flair
The actor rocked a pair of diamond-studded sunglasses at the movie premiere.
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To take or get a supply of wood.
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Rock

A formation of minerals, specifically:
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Wood

A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; - frequently used in the plural.
Light thickens, and the crowMakes wing to the rooky wood.
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Rock

(uncountable) The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.
The face of the cliff is solid rock.
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Wood

The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber.
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Rock

A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water.
The ship crashed on the rocks.
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Wood

The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems. It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain.
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Rock

(chiefly British) A boulder or large stone; or a smaller stone; a pebble.
Some fool has thrown a rock through my window.
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Wood

Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering.
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Rock

(geology) Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals.
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Wood

the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
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Rock

(slang) A precious stone or gem, especially a diamond.
Look at the size of that rock on her finger!
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Wood

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
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Rock

A large hill or island having no vegetation.
Pearl Rock near Cape Cod is so named because the morning sun makes it gleam like a pearl.
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United States film actress (1938-1981)
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(figuratively) Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.
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English conductor (1869-1944)
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A lump or cube of ice.
I'll have a whisky on the rocks, please.
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English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887)
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Rock

A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length.
While we're in Brighton, let's get a stick of rock!
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Wood

United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942)
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Rock

A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.
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Wood

any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
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Rock

An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes.
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Wood

a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; metal woods are now available
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Rock

An Afrikaner.
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Rock

An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands.
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Rock

Any of several fish:
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Rock

The striped bass.
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Rock

The huss or rock salmon.
We ordered rock and chips to take away.
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Rock

A basketball.
Yo homie, pass the rock!
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Rock

A mistake.
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Rock

(curling) stone.
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Rock

(rock paper scissors) A closed hand (a handshape resembling a rock), that beats scissors and loses to paper. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
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Rock

A cricket ball, especially a new one that has not been softened by use
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Rock

A crystal used to control the radio frequency.
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Rock

An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway.
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A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, and vocals.
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Rock

(countable) Distaff.
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(uncountable) The flax or wool on a distaff.
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Rock

To move gently back and forth.
Rock the baby to sleep.
The empty swing rocked back and forth in the wind.
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Rock

(transitive) To cause to shake or sway violently.
Don't rock the boat.
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Rock

(intransitive) To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
The boat rocked at anchor.
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Rock

To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.
The ores had been rocked and laid out for inspection.
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Rock

(transitive) 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.
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Rock

(intransitive) To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.
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Rock

to be cool.
That band rocks!
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to make love to or have sex with.
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(intransitive) To sway one's body as a stim.
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Rock

(intransitive) To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.
Let's rock!
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Rock

To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.
Chocolate rocks.
My holidays in Ibiza rocked! I can't wait to go back.
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Rock

(transitive) To thrill or excite, especially with rock music.
Let's rock this joint!
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Rock

(transitive) To do something with excitement yet skillfully.
I need to rock a piss.
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Rock

(transitive) To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style).
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Rock

See Roc.
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Rock

A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.
Sad Clotho held the rocke, the whiles the threadBy grisly Lachesis was spun with pain,That cruel Atropos eftsoon undid.
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Rock

A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.
Come one, come all! this rock shall flyFrom its firm base as soon as I.
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Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds.
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Rock

That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress.
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Rock

Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
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Rock

The striped bass. See under Bass.
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Rock

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.
A rising earthquake rocked the ground.
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To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet.
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Rock

To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.
The rocking townSupplants their footsteps.
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Rock

To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair.
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Rock

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter;
he threw a rock at me
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Rock

material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust;
that mountain is solid rock
stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries
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United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
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Rock

(figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable;
he was her rock during the crisis
Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church
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Rock

hard stick bright-colored stick candy typically peppermint flavored
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Rock

a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western;
rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll.
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Rock

pitching dangerously to one side
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move back and forth or sideways;
the ship was rocking
the tall building swayed
She rocked back and forth on her feet
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cause to move back and forth;
rock the cradle
rock the baby
the wind swayed the trees gently
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