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rock
noun- a rhythmic style of (usually) amplified music that provides the umbrella for any number of music genres US, 1957
Originally abbreviated from ROCK ’N’ ROLLPOP- Rock by its very nature defies encapsulation in words, or at least my words [...] “Rock appeals to the intelligence”, Chester Anderson once said, “without interference from the intellect.” — Richard Neville, Play Power, p. 101, 1970
- a diamond US, 1908
- As Duffy served them he noticed that she was ablaze with rocks, and when she reached for money to pay, that she had a roll. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Chicago Confidential, p. 31, 1950
- My wife’s got a hundred and fifty grand in rocks and another sev-enty-five in furs and clothes. — Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, p. 65, 1953
- Arvey’s engagement present to Lila Leeds was a five-carat rock. — Lee Mortimer, Women Confidential, p. 153, 1960
- Profacci bought hot rocks. I knew then it was rocks, phony rocks that he thought were real! — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Trick Baby, p. 19, 1969
- cocaine US, 1973
- [I]t’s like chopping the rock, laying it out in a big chubby line[.] — Stuart Browne, Dangerous Parking, p. 321, 2000
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 281, 2003
- crack cocaine US
Describes the crystalline lumps of purified cocaine. - — Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five featuring Melle Mel, White Lines, 1983
- I sell the rock with some shake to people who buy quarters [1/4 ounce or seven grams], and pure rock only to my very best customers. — Terry Williams, The Cocaine Kids, p. 37, 1989
- You look like you sell rocks. — Boyz N The Hood, 1990
- Why go for $3.00 an hour when you can make $500 a day selling rocks for Nino. — New Jack City, 1990
- There’s a lot of girls out here that do things just for rocks. — William T. Vollman, Whores for Gloria, p. 143, 1991
- So what’s your gang dealin, fat boy? Rock? — Jess Mowry, Way Past Cool, 1992
- Looky here, you want the bitches to really fly high, make your rocks with Cherry Seven-Up. — True Romance, 1993
- A $100 bag of coke could pull about $500 in rocks. — Menace II Society, 1993
- Don’t get me wrong; there is some herb you know, but no rocks, no heroin or ice[.] — Odie Hawkins, Midnight, p. 123, 1995
- By the third day he was doing rocks with her, kissing her scabby lips[.] — Kevin Sampson, Powder, p. 57, 1999
- Maybe we could show up and smoke a little rock with them to unwind. — Traffic, 2000
- You want some crack? Sweet-ass rock. Get you high. — Kevin Smith, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, p. 90, 2001
- Yeh! Spit-roasted by two crack dealers for a rock! — Niall Griffiths, Kelly + Victor, p. 49, 2002
- When crack first began ripping through the ‘hood in the mid-80s, word on the street was that the government deliberately pushed rock into the Black community. — The Source, p. 74, March 2002
- We got Rocks, we got Bones, we got Brown, we got Stones. — Julian Johnson, Urban Survival, p. 170, 2003
- a pool ball US
- — Steve Rushin, Pool Cool, p. 24, 1990
- in the usage of youthful model road racers (slot car racers), a slow car US
- — Phantom Surfers, The Exciting Sounds of Model Road Racing (Album cover), 1997
- a solid, reliable, dependable fellow prisoner US
- — John R. Armore and Joseph D. Wolfe, Dictionary of Desperation, p. 46, 1976
- in prison, a predatory homosexual US
- I was swinging my feet ever so easy when I dug three rocks watching me, funny like. — Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets, p. 251, 1967
- a frugal and stingy person US
- — The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, p. 130, May 1950
- a dollar US, 1950
- Some old dame stopped me and without me askin’ her nothin’ she hands me half a rock. — Willard Motley, Let No Man Write My Epitaph, p. 73, 1958
- a packet of brand name manufactured cigarettes, used as a basic medium of exchange in prison US
- — William K. Bentley and James M. Corbett, Prison Slang, p. 65, 1992
- a crystal tuning device used in a citizens’ band transceiver US
- — Porter Bibb, CB Bible, p. 103, 1976
- (nickname; also RockUS
- You’re going to the Rock, Al, a nice long ride to Alcatraz. — Red Rudensky, The Gonif, p. 61, 1970
- What was it like to be locked up on The Rock? Well, even if you were a “Machine Gun” Kelly or a “Scarface,” at The Rock you were just a number. — Marlene Freedman, Alcatraz, 1983
- (also Rock) Riker’s Island jail, New York US
- They call them “rocks from The Rock,” since they were baked at another jail out on Rikers Island, otherwise known as The Rock. — Ed Sanders, Tales of Beatnik Glory, p. 219, 1975
- “Please, I know much niggers on the rock.” — Paul Beatty, Tuff, p. 34, 2000
- Rikers prisoners refer to their home as “the Rock,” but from an archaeological point of view it’s more accurate to call this place a dump. — The Village Voice, 13–19 December 2000
- Guam US
A nickname used by US military pilots during the Vietnamese war. - — Gregory Clark, Words of the Vietnam War, p. 210, 1990
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