• Choose a category
• All
• Classic-Fiction

3 : something like a rock in firmness

4 : GEM; especially : DIAMOND

— rock adjective

— rock·like adjective

— rocky adjective

rock and roll noun : 2ROCK 2

rock·bound adjective : fringed or covered with rocks

rock·er noun 1 : one of the curved pieces on which something (as a chair or cradle) rocks

2 : a chair that rocks on rockers

3 : a device that works with a rocking motion

4 : a rock performer, song, or enthusiast

1rocket noun [ORIGIN: It rocchetta, lit., small distaff]

1 : a firework that is propelled through the air by the discharge of gases produced by a burning substance

2 : a jet engine that operates on the same principle as a firework rocket but carries the oxygen needed for burning its fuel

3 : a rocket-propelled bomb or missile

2rocket verb 1 : to convey by means of a rocket

2 : to rise up swiftly, spectacularly, and with force

3 : to travel rapidly in or as if in a rocket

Synonyms

shoot, skyrocket, soar, zoom—more at SKYROCKET

rock·et·ry noun : the study or use of rockets

rocket ship noun : a rocket-propelled spacecraft

rock·fall noun : a mass of falling or fallen rocks

rock·fish noun : any of various bony fishes that live among rocks or on rocky bottoms

rock salt noun : common salt in rocklike masses or large crystals

Rocky Mountain sheep noun : BIGHORN

ro·co·co adjective [ORIGIN: F, irreg. fr. rocaille style of ornament, lit., stone debris]

: of or relating to an artistic style esp. of the 18th century marked by fanciful curved forms and elaborate ornamentation

— rococo noun

rod noun 1 : a straight slender stick

2 a : a stick or bundle of twigs used in punishing a person

b : PUNISHMENT

3 : a staff borne to show rank

4 : a unit of length equal to 5 1/2 yards

5 : any of the rod-shaped receptor cells of the retina that are sensitive to faint light

6 slang : HANDGUN

rode past of RIDE

ro·dent noun [ORIGIN: ultim. fr. L rodent-, rodens, prp. of rodere to gnaw]

: any of an order of relatively small mammals (as mice, squirrels, and beavers) with sharp front teeth used for gnawing

ro·deo noun, plural ro·de·os [ORIGIN: Sp, fr. rodear to surround, fr. rueda wheel, fr. L rota]

1 : ROUNDUP 1

2 : a public performance featuring cowboy skills (as riding and roping)

1roe noun, plural roe or roes : DOE

2roe noun : the eggs of a fish esp. while bound together in a mass

roe·buck noun, plural roebuck or roebucks : a male roe deer

roe deer noun : either of two small nimble European or Asian deers

roent·gen noun : the international unit of measurement for X-rays and gamma rays

rog·er interjection — used esp. in radio and signaling to indicate that a message has been received and understood

rogue noun 1 : a dishonest person : SCOUNDREL

2 : a mischievous person : SCAMP

— rogu·ery noun

Synonyms

devil, hellion, imp, mischief, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scamp, urchin—more at SCAMP

rogu·ish adjective : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a rogue

— rogu·ish·ly adverb

— rogu·ish·ness noun

Synonyms

devilish, impish, knavish, mischievous, rascally, sly, waggish, wicked—more at MISCHIEVOUS

roil verb 1 : to make cloudy or muddy by stirring up

2 : to provoke to anger

3 : to move turbulently : be in a state of turbulence or agitation

— roily adjective

Synonyms

[2] anger, antagonize, enrage, incense, inflame, infuriate, madden, outrage, rankle, rile—more at ANGER

[3] boil, churn, seethe—more at SEETHE

rois·ter verb rois·tered; rois·ter·ing : to engage in noisy revelry : CAROUSE

— rois·ter·ous adjective

rois·ter·er noun : one that roisters

Synonyms

celebrant, merrymaker, reveler—more at CELEBRANT

ROK abbreviation Republic of Korea (South Korea)

role also rôle noun 1 : an assigned or assumed character; also : a part played (as by an actor)

2 : a function or part performed esp. in a particular operation or process : FUNCTION

Synonyms

capacity, function, job, part, place, position, purpose, task, work; also affair, business,