rock jock

rock jock

1. Someone who is very skilled at rock climbing or does so very often. I'd love to try out the rock wall at my gym, but it's always crawling with rock jocks. I'm not enough of a rock jock to tackle a cliff like that.
2. A radio disc jockey specializing in rock music. He had a pretty prominent career as a rock jock, so it was a little weird hearing him spin new-age tunes in a new station.
3. An enthusiastic fan of rock music. My uncle's been a rock jock his whole life, so he's always blasting AC/DC and Metallica whenever I take a ride in his truck.
See also: jock, rock
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

rock-jock

n. a mountain or rock climber. The sides of every mountain are covered with rock-jocks.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • rock-jock
  • (as) hard as a rock
  • hard as a rock
  • go up the wall
  • harness (someone or an animal) to (something)
  • harness to
  • keep (one's) head right
  • keep one’s head right
  • get (one's) motor running
  • get someone’s motor running
References in periodicals archive
Collins revealed that Rock Jock would in all probability travel to Dubai for the 2010-2011 season.
DOWN ROYAL: 4.20 Rock Jock, 4.50 Money Trader, 5.20 Bada Bling, 5.50 Dotada, 6.20 Ghimaar, 6.50 Borrowdale, 7.20 Mon Champion.
After a 30-year career in his hometown, veteran rock jock Mark Klose will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the seventh annual Achievement in Radio (AIR) Awards March 7.
THE Godolphin trainers again dominated at Meydan and Do It All, originally a reserve but granted a run with the defection of Rock Jock, sprang a surprise in the featured Zabeel Mile.
Meanwhile, at Down Royal, Rock Jock, a good second to Our Jonathan in a listed event at Dundalk last time is preferred to Dreamalittledream in the opening two-year-old maiden.
Fanning's masterpiece performance of bull riding as opposed to bull *** was shown in full Technicolor and the top rock jock confessed to real reason as to how he managed to stay on board for over a minute.
Veteran rock jock Randy Raley is undergoing chemotherapy for a blood disorder, and will continue treatments until at least May.
The form of her Fairyhouse win looks excellent with thirdplaced Rock Jock winning a Listed race at Chester last week.
The 12 acceptors for the Camas Park & Ashtown House Phoenix Stakes are - Air Chief Marshall, Alfred Nobel, Beethoven, Dream Deer, Gold bubbles, In Some Respect, King Ledley, Lillie Langtry, Radiohead, Reggae Dancer, Rock Jock and Walk On Bye.
5.20 Curragh thetote.com Renaissance Stakes 6f Group 3 ATR Card page 59 Key stat Joseph and Aidan O'Brien (Empowering) have a 32 per cent strike-rate at the Curragh this season What they say Tracey Collins, trainer of Arctic and Rock Jock "Arctic can't have the ground soft enough, while the other horse wants it a lot better.
NOT FORGETTING Rock Of Gibraltar Pulled off a Sunday British Listed double thanks to Rock Jock (Queensferry Stakes) and Sea Of Heartbreak (Chalice Stakes).
Nicholls said: "It is brilliant that Megan has now landed her first winner in the Charles Owen pony racing series and it will help her qualify for the final at Aintree in October" WHAT THEY SAID 'Plan A went out the window two seconds after the start and I had a couple of moments of panic, but Pat [Shanahan] was very cool and executed it perfectly' Trainer Tracey Collins after Rock Jock's unplanned come-frombehind victory GIBRALTAR ROCKS Top sire Rock Of Gibraltar enjoyed winners on the Flat at Newbury (Sea Of Heartbreak), Chester (Rock Jock) and over jumps at Market Rasen (General Eliott).
ROCK JOCK, who has run some fine races in defeat in Ireland this year, gained an overdue success when produced with a strong late run by Pat Shanahan to beat Rose Blossom in the 6f Listed Queensferry Stakes.
He runs Rose Bonheur What they say Tracey Collins, trainer of Arctic and Rock Jock "Arctic is in good form and came out of his last race very well.
Tracey Collins, trainer of Rock Jock "He has to have the luck of the draw and this looks a real charge of the light brigade, but we're claiming off his back and hoping he'll run his race."