rock vs style

rock

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

  • 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 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. 

noun
  • 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. 

  • A crystallized lump of crack cocaine. 

  • 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. 

style

verb
  • To act in a way which seeks to show that one possesses style. 

  • To create for, or give to, someone a style, fashion, or image, particularly one which is regarded as attractive, tasteful, or trendy. 

  • To call or give a name or title to. 

  • To design, fashion, make, or arrange in a certain way or form (style) 

noun
  • The gnomon or pin of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. 

  • A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art. 

  • A legal or traditional term or formula of words used to address or refer to a person, especially a monarch or a person holding a post or having a title. 

  • A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus. 

  • The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower. 

  • A particular manner of acting or behaving; (specifically) one regarded as fashionable or skilful; flair, grace. 

  • A particular way in which one grooms, adorns, dresses, or carries oneself; (specifically) a way thought to be attractive or fashionable. 

  • A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as boldface or italics. 

  • A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsolete) an instrument used to write with ink; a pen. 

  • A kind of surgical instrument with a blunt point, used for exploration. 

  • A small, thin, pointed body part. 

  • A long, slender, bristle-like process near the anal region. 

  • A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good. 

  • A set of rules regarding the presentation of text (spelling, typography, the citation of references, etc.) and illustrations that is applied by a publisher to the works it produces. 

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