rock vs shake

rock

noun
  • A crystallized lump of crack cocaine. 

  • An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands. 

  • Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another. 

  • A mistake. 

  • Synonym of stone. 

  • The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust. 

  • A precious stone or gem, especially a diamond. 

  • A cricket ball, especially a new one that has not been softened by use 

  • Distaff. 

  • The flax or wool on a distaff. 

  • A large hill or island having no vegetation. 

  • A basketball. 

  • An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway. 

  • A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length. 

  • A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, and vocals. 

  • A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water. 

  • Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals. 

  • An Afrikaner. 

  • An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes. 

  • The striped bass. 

  • A boulder or large stone; or (US, Canada) a smaller stone; a pebble. 

  • A lump or cube of ice. 

  • The huss or rock salmon. 

  • A closed hand (a handshape resembling a rock), that beats scissors and loses to paper. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock. 

  • A crystal used to control the radio frequency. 

verb
  • To move gently back and forth. 

  • To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy. 

  • To thrill or excite, especially with rock music. 

  • To sway one's body as a stim. 

  • To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style). 

  • to make love to or have sex with. 

  • To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic. 

  • To do something with excitement yet skillfully. 

  • To sway or tilt violently back and forth. 

  • To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively). 

  • To cause to shake or sway violently. 

  • To do well or to be operating at high efficiency. 

  • To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker. 

  • to be cool. 

shake

noun
  • An adulterant added to cocaine powder. 

  • A crack or split between the growth rings in wood. 

  • The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion. 

  • A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill. 

  • Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana. 

  • A milkshake. 

  • A fissure in rock or earth. 

  • A shook of staves and headings. 

  • A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc. 

  • A twitch, a spasm, a tremor. 

  • Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.) 

  • One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart. 

  • The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground. 

  • A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float. 

  • A shock or disturbance. 

  • In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato. 

  • A thin shingle. 

verb
  • To give a tremulous tone to; to trill. 

  • To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion. 

  • To dance. 

  • To lose, evade, or get rid of (something). 

  • To threaten to overthrow. 

  • To disturb emotionally; to shock. 

  • To be agitated; to lose firmness. 

  • To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly. 

  • To shake hands. 

  • To move from side to side. 

  • To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval. 

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