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rock1 [rɒk] N

1. rock no pl (mineral material):

rock
kamen m

2. rock:

rock (sticking out of ground)
skala f
rock (sticking out of sea)
čer f
rock (boulder)
balvan m

3. rock GEOL:

rock
kamnina f

4. rock (Gibraltar):

the rock
Gibraltar m

5. rock (a stone):

rock Am Aus
kamen m

6. rock fig (firm support):

rock
čvrsta tla n pl
rock
podpora f

7. rock no pl Brit:

stick of rock
sladkorna paličica

8. rock inf (diamond):

rock
diamant m

9. rock relationship, marriage:

rock inf (piece of crack cocaine)
crack m
on the rocks inf (in disastrous state)
na koncu
on the rocks inf (in disastrous state)
propadel
on the rocks (served with ice)
z ledom

I . rock2 [rɒk] N

1. rock no pl:

rock
rok m

2. rock (movement):

rock
guganje n
rock
zibanje n

II . rock2 [rɒk] VB trans

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1. rock:

rock (cause to move)
gugati [perf zagugati]
rock (gently)
zibati [perf zazibati]
to rock sb to sleep
zazibati koga v spanec

2. rock also fig (sway):

rock
pretresati [perf pretresti]

III . rock2 [rɒk] VB intr

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1. rock (move):

rock
gugati se [perf zagugati se]
rock
zibati se [perf zazibati se]
to rock back and forth
zibati se naprej in nazaj

2. rock:

rock (dance)
plesati rock
rock (play music)
igrati rock

3. rock inf (be excellent):

he really rocks!
on je res super!
this party really rocks!
ta zabava zažiga!

ˈrock band N

rock ˈbot·tom N

ˈrock bun N Brit Aus, ˈrock cake N Brit Aus

ˈrock climb·er N

rock climber
plezalec(plezalka) m (f)

ˈrock climb·ing N no pl

ˈrock face N

rock face
skalna stena f

ˈrock fes·ti·val N

ˈrock gar·den N esp Am

rock garden
skalnjak m

ˈrock mu·sic N no pl

ˈrock plant N

ˈrock salt N no pl

rock salt
kamena sol f

ˈrock star N

rock and ˈroll N no pl

rock and roll
rock and roll m

Usage examples with rock

rock bottom fig
najnižja točka
to hit rock bottom
pasti na dno
to rock a cradle
zibati zibelko
stick of rock
sladkorna paličica
[as] hard as a rock
trd kot kamen
to be at rock bottom
biti na dnu
to rock sb to sleep
zazibati koga v spanec
to rock back and forth
zibati se naprej in nazaj
Elvis is known as the high priest of rock
Elvis velja za apostola rock glasbe

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
There is hiking, biking, fishing, ice fishing, camping, rock and ice climbing, canoeing and other boating forms, parasailing.
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These creatures literally live within certain types of rock and travel as ink travels through a blotter.
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It's said that phosphate rock is formed in oceans in the form of calcium phosphate, called phosphorite.
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The festival helped promote many new hard rock and heavy metal acts of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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Volcanic eruptions can generally be characterized as either explosive eruptions, sudden ejections of rock and ash, or effusive eruptions, relatively gentle outpourings of lava.
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Local climbers informally refer to the rock as granite, which is a close relative to quartz monzonite.
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Everybody would be snapped out of their programmed environment through this rock and roll-induced liberated selflessness.
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He climbed a high rock to reconnoiter, but could see nothing but some smoke rising from the ground.
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We had no future anyways, so let's just be in a rock band!
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Some bassinets are designed to rock or swing freely, with many carers finding their child calmed by this action.
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