| rock climbing | the sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment) |
rock
careen
sway tilt | pitching dangerously to one side |
blindman's bluff
blindman's buff | a children's game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify other players |
bluff
four flush | the act of bluffing in poker, deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards |
| cock of the rock Rupicola rupicola | tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest |
| cock of the rock Rupicola peruviana | bird of the Andes similar to Rupicola rupicola |
| rock wren Salpinctes obsoletus | wren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico |
| rock wren Xenicus gilviventris | short-tailed bird resembling a wren |
barn swallow
chimney swallow Hirundo rustica | common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc. |
rock python
rock snake
Python sebae | very large python of tropical and southern Africa |
rock rattlesnake
Crotalus lepidus | mountain rock dweller of Mexico and most southern parts of United States southwest |
| Plymouth Rock | an American breed of domestic fowl |
| Rock Cornish | small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl |
Greek partridge
rock partridge
Alectoris graeca | of mountainous areas of southern Europe |
rock dove
rock pigeon
Columba livia | pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended |
chimney swift
chimney swallow Chateura pelagica | American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys |
rock wallaby
rock kangaroo | slender long-legged Australian wallabies living in caves and rocky areas |
rock crab
Cancer irroratus | crab of eastern coast of North America |
spiny lobster
langouste
rock lobster
crawfish crayfish sea crawfish | large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters |
acorn barnacle
rock barnacle
Balanus balanoides | barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones |
rock hopper
crested penguin | small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand |
pika
mouse hare
rock rabbit coney cony | small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America |
rock squirrel
Citellus variegatus | large grey ground squirrel of rocky areas of the southwestern United States |
rock hyrax
rock rabbit Procavia capensis | hyrax that lives in rocky areas |
rock bass rock sunfish
Ambloplites rupestris | game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes |
rock sea bass
rock bass Centropristis philadelphica | a kind of sea bass |
rock hind
Epinephelus adscensionis | found around rocky coasts or on reefs |
rock beauty
Holocanthus tricolor | gold and black butterflyfish found from West Indies to Brazil |
rock gunnel
butterfish Pholis gunnellus | slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters |
bore bit
borer
rock drill
stone drill | a drill for penetrating rock |
| chimney | a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building |
| chimney breast | walls that project out from the wall of a room and surround the chimney base |
chimney corner
inglenook | a corner by a fireplace |
lamp chimney
chimney | a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp |
rock bit
roller bit | a drill bit that has hardened rotating rollers |
rock garden
rockery | a garden featuring rocks, usually alpine plants |
| rock opera | albums of rock music that aspired to the status of art, first appeared in the s |
| bluff | pretense that your position is stronger than it really is, his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted |
| rock concert | a performance of rock music |
rock 'n' roll
rock'n'roll
rock-andoll
rock and roll
rock rock music | a genre of popular music originating in the s, a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western, rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll. |
progressive rock
art rock | a style of rock music that emerged in the s, associated with attempts to combine rock with jazz and other forms, intended for listening and not dancing |
psychedelic rock
acid rock | a musical style that emerged in the s, rock music inspired by or related to drug-induced experience |
punk rock
punk | rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation, in part a reaction against progressive rock |
| rock candy | sugar in large hard clear crystals on a string |
| rock candy rock | hard brightolored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint) |
| rock cake | a small cake with a hard surface said to resemble a rock |
| Rock Cornish hen | flesh of a small fowl bred for roasting |
spiny lobster
langouste
rock lobster
crayfish | warm-water lobsters without claws, those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails, caught also in Florida and California |
| rock salmon | any of several coarse fishes (such as dogfish or wolffish) when used as food |
whiskey on the rocks
whisky on the rocks | whiskey with ice |