Eric B. & Rakim

rock

transitive verb
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to wear, sport (clothing, jewelry, etc.);
to show off (something)
Collocates rolly11, vest8, ice8, hoodie7, Timbs6, bubblegoose6, icy5, j's5, kicks5, chain4, tool3, skully3, gators3, chinchilla3, Timbos3, 3-stripe2, fit2, fresh2, Jacob2, pop2, rap2, Rari2, roll with2, shell-tops2, whip2, shit2, A12, bezel2, bling2, Cuban link2, D2, gangsta, gat, ghetto, glock, grown, gully, hard, herb, hip-hop, hoe, homie, hot, hustle, hydro, I'mma, ice grill, iced-out, laced, Lambo, Lex, Lex, live, mad, make it rain, molly, nuff, on lock, on the regular, peep, proper, push, retarded, rock, screwface, shotta, shotty, snatch, son, squad, stash spot, straight, stripes, stunt, swagger, threads, throwback, thug, trey pound, trife, Vega, weed, weight, old school, crack, pack, slang, bugged-out, show out, tryna, -ass, back in the day, baguette, beef, bitch, biter, bling, bone out, Calico, cat, central booking, cheese, Chuck T's, cop, crazy, dolo, dreadlocks, drop, drop-top, e'ry, fade, flat-top, flavor, flex, flooded, floss, fly, fuck with, fugazi, game
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Too $hort

rock

noun
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crack cocaine;
a serving of crack
Categories Quantities
Collocates slang26, block16, glock7, cop5, chop4, push4, O.Z.4, move3, po-po3, powder3, corner3, flake3, knot3, slab2, eightball2, G2, crackhead2, game2, hustle2, on the cut2, mayne2, pop2, slanger2, sling2, weight2, sizzurp2, game, gangsta, grass, guap, hit a lick, hit switches, homie, hood, hot, hustler, ice cream, kick it, loc, maintain, narc, nickel sack, nuff, on lock, on the grind, ox, package, pusher, put it down, rap, sack, serve, serve, sheisty, spot, squally, tool, tote, trap, trapper, triple beam, weed, yo, zip, d-boy, 50, la, locked, 24-7, beat, bird, blunt, boulder, brick, cake, chop up, chrome, cluck-head, clucker, cluck, cock, coke, cut, Desert E, deuce deuce, dope, drop, dust, fed, fetti, fiend, front, furl
Domains Cocaine, Drugs
Etymology pre hip-hop, from the early 1970s
Synonyms boulder, cavi, crack, crack rock, hard, hard white, krill, slab
Related concepts A1, base, basehead, blow, cane, coke, crackhead, hundred-pack, hustle, nose candy, perico, powder, slang, sling, snow, soap, trap, V-12, white, white-horse, yayo, yola
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The Sugarhill Gang

rock

transitive verb
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to make (something) more exciting or entertaining
Collocates beat6, rhyme6, -iggity4, hip-hop3, joint2, dope2, on the daily2, ice2, cavi2, brap2, cut, D, dome-piece, dough, dreads, Dutch, elbow, flavor, fresh, guap, haze, hoe, hype, hype, I'mma, jam, kick, loco, MC, old school, on point, on the grind, play, retarded, rock, skunk, snatch, spot, stack, stomp, sucker, talk shit, thai, toast, trife, turn it out, wheels of steel, yo, correct, 24-7, 64, beef, biatch, boogie-down, Chi-town, chucker, clock, cold
Synonyms go off, kill, represent, rip, turn it out
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Run-D.M.C.

rock

transitive verb
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to attack
Collocates knot8, block2, props2, sucker2, Brooknam, dome, guap, hops, I'mma, knock out the box, mad, on the real, ox, rap, ruckus, spit, sucker MC, word is bond, keep it real, wreck shop
Domains Violence
Synonyms lace up, stomp, touch
Related concepts beef, brawl, knock out of the box, knuck, knuckle check, knuckle up, rift, squab, tussle
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