Rock most often refers to: *

Rock (geology) In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter. It is categorized by the minerals included, its Chemical compound, chemical composition, and the way in which it is formed. Rocks ...

, a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids *

Rock music Rock is a Music genre, genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdo ...

, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to:

Places

United Kingdom

* Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales * Rock, Cornwall, a village in England * Rock, County Tyrone, a village in Northern Ireland * Rock, Devon, a location in England * Rock, Neath Port Talbot, a location in Wales * Rock, Northumberland, a village in England * Rock, Somerset, a location in England * Rock, West Sussex, a hamlet in Washington, England * Rock, Worcestershire, a village and civil parish in England

United States

* Rock, Kansas, an unincorporated community * Rock, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Rock, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin, a town in southern Wisconsin * Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin, a town in central Wisconsin

Elsewhere

* Corregidor, an island in the Philippines also known as "The Rock" *

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

, an island in the Caribbean is locally referred to as the "Rock" * Niue, an island near Tonga referred to as the "Rock" by residents *

Rock of Gibraltar The Rock of Gibraltar (from the Arabic name Jabal Ṭāriq , meaning "Mountain of Tariq ibn Ziyad, Tariq") is a monolithic limestone mountain high dominating the western entrance to the Mediterranean Sea. It is situated near the end of a nar ...

, a British overseas territory near the southernmost tip of Spain

Multiple entities

Rock County (disambiguation) Rock County is the name of three counties in the United States: * Rock County, Minnesota * Rock County, Nebraska * Rock County, Wisconsin {{Geodis, uscounty ...

* Rock Creek (disambiguation) * Rock Island (disambiguation) * Rock Lake (disambiguation) *

Rock River (disambiguation) Rock River may refer to: Streams ;United States * Rock River (Mississippi River tributary), a tributary of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin and Illinois * Rock River (Big Sioux River tributary), a tributary of the Big Sioux River in Minnesota a ...

Rock Mountain (disambiguation) Rock Mountain could refer to these places in the United States of America: * Rock Mountain (Georgia) * Rock Mountain (Washington state), in the Central Cascade Range * Rock Mountain (Wyoming), Albany County, Wyoming {{geodis ...

Rock Township (disambiguation) Rock Township may refer to: ;in the United States * Rock Township, Cherokee County, Iowa * Rock Township, Lyon County, Iowa * Rock Township, Mitchell County, Iowa * Rock Township, Sioux County, Iowa, in Sioux County, Iowa * Rock Township, Woo ...

People

Rock (name) Rock is an English and German surname, a given name and a nickname. Surname Politicians and activists * Allan Rock (born 1947), Canadian Justice Minister, Health Minister and diplomat * Heraldine Rock (1933–2012), Saint Lucian politician * Jo ...

, a list of people with the surname, first name or nickname *

Rock (rapper) Heltah Skeltah was an American hip hop duo which consisted of rappers Jahmal "Rock" Bush and Sean "Ruck" Price. The two were also members of New York supergroup Boot Camp Clik, along with Buckshot, Smif-N-Wessun and O.G.C. Biography ...

(born Jamal Bush in 1975), American rapper * Man Mountain Rock, later stage name used by professional wrestler

Maxx Payne Darryl Peterson (born October 3, 1961) is an American musician, actor and retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling as Maxx Payne, and in the World Wrestling Federation as Man Mountain Rock. ...

* Rock aka Blade Runner Rock, early ring name used by

The Ultimate Warrior Warrior (born James Brian Hellwig; June 16, 1959 – April 8, 2014) was an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, Bodybuilding, bodybuilder and Motivational speaker, motivational speaker. Best known by his ring name The Ultima ...

while as a member of the Blade Runners tag team. * The Rock, (born

Dwayne Johnson Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor and professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on a part-time basis. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional w ...

in 1972), American actor and wrestler

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

Rock (comics) Ra's al Ghul Nyssa Raatko Rag Doll Rag Doll is the name of several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first, Peter Merkel, is a villain of the original Flash, while the second is an enemy of Starm ...

, a character in the DC Comics universe *

Rock (manga) is the name given to the recurring characters in manga created by manga artist Osamu Tezuka. Throughout his career, Tezuka frequently re-used the same character designs or names in different roles across his series; for example, the character ...

, a recurring, major character in most of Osamu Tezuka's manga series * Rock Howard, the playable character in ''Garou: Mark of the Wolves'' * Mega Man (character), also called Rock, from the ''Mega Man'' series * Chuck Rock, the playable character in the 1991 self-titled side-scrolling platform video game * Sgt. Rock, a DC Comics character

Music

Albums

* ''Rock'' (album), by Pleymo (2003) * '' Rock!!!!!'', by Violent Femmes (1995) * '' R.O.C.K.'', by Kirka (1986) * ''Rock'' (Casting Pearls EP) (2002) * ''Rocks'' (Aerosmith album) (1976) * ''Rocks'' (Harem Scarem album) (2001)

Songs

* "Rock", by Joe Morris from '' Singularity'' (2001) * "Rock", by Lemon Jelly from the single Soft/Rock (2001) * "Rock" by Plies from the mixtape ''Ain't No Mixtape Bih 3'' (2017) * "Rock" by Groove Coverage from 21st Century (2006) * "Rocks" (song), by Primal Scream (1994) * "Rocks", by Imagine Dragons from '' Night Visions'' (2012)

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Rock'' (magazine), a former Yugoslav music magazine * ''Rock'', a novel by Hal Ellson * ''Rocks'' (film), a 2019 British coming-of-age drama film * ''Rocks (Das Rad)'', a 2001 German animated short * Rock Records, a Taiwanese record label founded in 1980 * Uprock or rock, a form of street dance

Computing and technology

* Rock (processor), a microprocessor by Sun Microsystems * Rocks Cluster Distribution, Linux distribution for cluster computing

Food

* Rock (confectionery), a type of stick-shaped boiled sugar confectionery * Rock candy, also known as sugar candy or rock sugar * Rock salmon, often referred to as rock

Slang

* Crack cocaine or rock *

Diamond Diamond is a Allotropes of carbon, solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Diamond is tasteless, odourless, strong, brittle solid, colourless in pure form, a poor conductor of e ...

, or rock *

Gemstone A gemstone (also called a fine gem, jewel, precious stone, semiprecious stone, or simply gem) is a piece of mineral crystal which, when cut or polished, is used to make jewellery, jewelry or other adornments. Certain Rock (geology), rocks (such ...

, or rock

Sports

Teams and leagues

* "Rocks", a nickname of the

Colorado Rockies The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Division. Th ...

Major League Baseball team * Toronto Rock, of the National Lacrosse League

Sports that use rocks

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, a sport in which players slide a stone or rock on a sheet of ice, towards a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles * Steinstossen, the Swiss variant of stone put, a competition in throwing a heavy stone or rock * Stone put, a competition in throwing a heavy stone or rock * Stone skipping (or stone skimming), the art of throwing a flat stone or rock

Other

* Rock (ski course) in China, the downhill course for the 2022 Winter Olympics

Other uses

* Alcatraz Prison, nicknamed "The Rock" * Criminal rock throwing * Distaff, a tool used in spinning * Memorial Stadium (Indiana), on the Indiana University campus, also known as The Rock * ROCK1, a human gene * USS ''Rock'' (SS-274), a US Navy submarine * Rock (landform), a type of islet * ROCKS (missile), an Israeli air-to-surface missile