How to spell rock

Rock is spelled R-O-C-K.

hear itrock/rɑk/nounSounds

What it means: A solid piece of stone.

In a sentence: The rock skipped across the pond.

Same family: rocking, rocked, rocker, rocking-chair, rocking-motion. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The verb "rock" comes from an Old Norse word "rykkja," meaning to pull or jerk, which shifted in English to the idea of moving something back and forth. Over time, the word also gave rise to the noun "rocking chair," a chair made specifically to move with this gentle motion.

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