to rock
107
4.4
- verb
- /rɑk/
:
sacudir
- Last fall, student protests over race relations rocked the University of Missouri's flagship campus in Columbia.
- rock the boat
- be rocked by scandal
- rock the world
It's going to rock their entire world, right?
- It's going to rock their entire world, right?
- Like that rocked me 'cause I had never.
- Seeing the world rocked him to the core.
- Last night, he comforted A troubled world rocked by recent tragedy.
- Our city was rocked by a bomb blast every day.
- We're all rocked every time that that thing hit.
- And so they don't want to rock the child's world more by creating more of that, right?
- Bro, I can't tell you how bad that one rocked me.
- SPECT is a nuclear medicine study that looks at blood flow and activity, and it rocked my world.
- They want to see something that's going to rock them, you know, and, and, and blow them away.
- If it doesn't rock my socks off in about a week, I will be returning.
- And it rocked my world and changed kind of my path forevermore.
- And I had no idea the level of which my world was going to get rocked.
- It's terrifying the way they'd Rock You terrifying.
- More like Piper get rocked or like or like tweet.
Examples
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In just the last month, two harassment controversies have rocked the university.
Academic text (2016) -
The crisis ushered in a new era of absolute partisan antagonism that would rock American democracy to its foundations.
Academic text (2018) -
It's going to rock their entire world, right?
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Any butter chicken is just going to rock my world.
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Seeing the world rocked him to the core.
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God, this one's rocked me to my core.
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And no doubt about it, you stepped in, you turned up the volume, and you rocked their world.
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The holy city of Thebes is rocked by scandal.
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More than a thousand people died in the communal rioting that rocked India in the following days.
Academic text (2004) -
The unexpected news about the company's closure really rocked her emotional stability.
Synonyms
∞
2.8
To suddenly make someone feel a strong emotion
202
2.1
To cause someone to feel sudden surprise and distress
41
4.2
To upset someone strongly and change how they feel
15
6.6
To surprise someone so much they cannot react
8
4.3
To surprise someone and make them react
4
5.4
To make someone feel confused or unsure after a sudden change
2
8.1
To surprise someone suddenly and very strongly
1
7.4
To surprise someone very much so they cannot react
1
8.8
To be so surprised that you almost cannot react
1
8.0
To feel a sudden strong shock or surprise
To suddenly feel a very strong emotion that you cannot control
To feel sudden shock or surprise
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
22
4.8
To reach the lowest point in your life before you begin to get better
- Offensive
To play or enjoy music very loudly and with wild energy
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
107
1.8
A type of popular music from the 1950s with a strong beat and electric guitars
12
2.9
Rock music from the late 1960s to the 1980s that remains popular and influential
- Specialized
4
3.6
A hard rock made when hot melted rock cools on or near the Earth's surface
3
3.0
A person who goes up steep rocks or artificial walls using hands and feet for sport
- Archaic
1
5.7
A 1960s rock style with long guitar solos and unusual sounds often linked to drug use
1
7.5
A large boulder on the shore of Plymouth, Massachusetts said to be where Pilgrims landed in 1620
1
7.1
A style of rock music with unusual sounds from jazz and classical, meant for listening not dancing
- Specialized
1
3.0
Small pieces of rock made by crushing larger stones and used for paths and building
- NSFW
1
4.8
Rock music from the 1960s with unusual sounds and effects that suggest drug experiences
- US
1
4.8
A freshwater fish in North America that lives in shallow, rocky water and people catch for food or sport
- Specialized
1
4.9
A clear, colorless mineral used to make lenses and in some electronics
- UK
1
8.1
A small firm white fish like dogfish that is often sold in British fish and chip shops
A desert in northwestern Nevada with a large flat dry lakebed and an annual arts festival
- Specialized
A rock that forms when small pieces of older rocks press and stick together
- Specialized
A fern that grows on rocks in northern North America with fronds like parsley
A plant with cream colored flowers that grows in rocky soil in the western United States
- US
A bright gold and black fish that lives on coral reefs from the Caribbean to Brazil
- Specialized
A sickness you catch from sick animals, meat, or milk that causes fever and headache
- Specialized
A low plant with green leaves and small flowers that grows in rocky places
- UK
A long slim fish with no scales that lives in northern Atlantic waters and people eat
- South African
A small animal that eats plants and lives on rocks in Africa and the Middle East
How Shocking
221
4.9
11
3.0
107
4.4
202
2.1
131
3.7
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rock meaning 'to shock' comes from the idea of shaking, like an earthquake or big wave that rocks things, so when news or events 'rock' people they give a sudden shock or disturbance.