Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of rock
"The children spent their entire summer swimming and playing on the smooth rocks by the riverbank."
In plain English: Rocks are hard, natural stones found on the ground.
"We climbed over the rocks to reach the top of the hill."
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rock
"The old man rocks his grandchild gently in his arms as she falls asleep."
In plain English: To rock someone means to move them back and forth gently, often while holding them close.
"The heavy storm rocks the small boat back and forth on the waves."
Rocks comes from Old English rocce, borrowed from Latin rucca via French, originally referring to a large stone or boulder. It entered Middle English with the specific meaning of hard natural mineral masses found in the earth's crust.