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rocks
noun- salt US
- — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 225, 1981
- money US
- — The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, p. 130, May 1950
- dominoes US
- — Dominic Armanino, Dominoes, p. 16, 1959
- jewels; pearls UK, 1937
From the US sense (diamonds). - the testicles US, 1948
- Well, he’s just a kid, and he always hadda pair of rocks on him, the man. — George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, p. 192, 1971
- “I’m beat to the rocks.” “You mean your socks.” “I mean my rocks, my nuts, my balls, fachrissakes.” — Robert Campbell, Sweet La-La Land, p. 24, 1990
- courage US, 1977
- “Don’t take no brains. Just the rocks.” — George Higgin, Cogan’s Trade, p. 22, 1974
- Oh yes, planting bombs took a lot of rocks, you had to admire that. — John Sayles, Union Dues, p. 176, 1977
▷ see:ALMONDROCKS,MINTROCKS
▶ get your rocks off- to ejaculate US
- He wiped the blood away and gave her fifty slats [dollars] to get his rocks. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Pimp, p. 293, 1969
- At last he made vulgar use of me to get his rocks off and told me I could leave[.] — Jefferson Poland and Valerie Alison, The Records of the San Francisco Sexual Freedom League, p. 153, 1971
- Baths vary in character, from the Wall Street Sauna, where businessmen go to get their rocks off during the lunch hour (it’s called “funch”), to the Beacon[.] — The Village Voice, 27 September 1976
- The sex scenes cover a wide range of lovin’, from the perverse to the passionate, and everybody gets their rocks off. — Adult Video, p. 14, August/September 1986
- to be satisfied with or excited about something US
Figurative application of the sense “to ejaculate”. - You know, I’m not getting my rocks off. This victory walk SUCKS. — Howard Stern, Miss America, p. 291, 1995
▶ on the rocks- used of a drink, served over ice US, 1946
- She gave him a bourbon-on-the-rocks. — Max Shulman, Anyone Got a Match?, p. 245, 1964
- Sweetie, will you mix us a nice martini? Beefeater gin, no vermouth, on the rocks, with just the tiniest dash of rock salt. — Gore Vidal, Myra Breckinridge, p. 268, 1968
- in severe trouble UK, 1889
- [A]ny scurvy member of the Commons whose reputation is almost on the rocks can run to Sunday service and appear on television pretending to be cleansed, whole and redeemed. — New Statesman, 11 April 1997
- A marriage on the rocks[;] Tony Blair left the Labour conference strengthened and Gordon Brown weakened, but their titanic struggle is far from resolved[.] — The Observer, 5 October 2003
▶ shoot your rocks
to ejaculate US- “There,” Gloria said as she closed the door behind her, “don’t want those fuckin’ honkies to shoot their rocks ‘fore they pay!” — Donald Goines, Inner City Hoodlum, p. 118, 1975
▶ the rocks
a confidence swindle involving fake diamonds US- The Westside mark had&sweet as honeysuckle. He had blown ten grand on our slick version of the rocks. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Trick Baby, p. 11, 1969
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