Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, 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 __NOTOC__ Rock () is a small village in east County Tyrone, Northern Ireland located approximately 5 miles south-west of Cookstown. The village and surrounding area is located mainly within the parish of Desertcreat. Sport Rock St. Patric ...

, a village in Northern Ireland * Rock, Devon, a location in England * Rock, Neath Port Talbot, a location in Wales *

Rock, Northumberland Rock is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Rennington, in Northumberland, England about north of Alnwick. In 1951 the parish had a population of 162. Buildings The single street has on one side cottages and gardens; on the ...

, a village in England * Rock, Somerset, a location in Wales *

Rock, West Sussex Washington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located west of Steyning and east of Storrington on the A24 between Horsham and Worthing. The parish covers an area of . In the 2001 census 1,930 pe ...

, 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 Rock is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Rock is located along West Virginia Route 71, northeast of Montcalm. Rock has a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provid ...

, an unincorporated community * Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin, a town in southern Wisconsin *

Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin Rock is a town in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 856 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Lindsey and Nasonville are located in the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the t ...

, a town in central Wisconsin

Elsewhere

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, an island in the Philippines also known as "The Rock" * Jamaica, 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, a British overseas territory near the southernmost tip of Spain

Multiple entities

* Rock County (disambiguation) * Rock Creek (disambiguation) * Rock Island (disambiguation) * Rock Lake (disambiguation) * Rock River (disambiguation) * Rock Mountain (disambiguation) * Rock Township (disambiguation)

People

* Rock (name), a list of people with the surname, first name or nickname * Rock (rapper) (born Jamal Bush in 1975), American rapper * Man Mountain Rock, later stage name used by professional wrestler Maxx Payne * Rock aka Blade Runner Rock, early ring name used by The Ultimate Warrior while as a member of the Blade Runners tag team. * The Rock, (born Dwayne Johnson in 1972), American actor and wrestler

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

* Rock (comics), a character in the DC Comics universe * Rock (manga), 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), ''Rock'' (album), a 2003 nu-metal album by Pleymo * Rocks (Aerosmith album), ''Rocks'' (Aerosmith album) (1976) * Rock (Casting Pearls EP), ''Rock'' (Casting Pearls EP) (2002) * ''R.O.C.K.'', a 1986 hard rock/heavy metal album by Kirka * ''Rock!!!!!'', an album released by Violent Femmes in 1995 * Rocks (Harem Scarem album), ''Rocks'' (Harem Scarem album) (2001) * ''The Cosmos Rocks'', a studio album by Queen and Paul Rodgers (2008)

Songs

* "Rock" a 2017 song by hip hop artist Plies (rapper), Plies from his mixtape ''Ain't No Mixtape Bih 3'' * "Rock", one of the tracks on ''Soft/Rock'', a single by Lemon Jelly * Rocks (song), "Rocks" (song), by Primal Scream (1994)

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Rock (magazine), ''Rock'' (magazine), a former Yugoslav music magazine * ''Rock'', a novel by Hal Ellson * Rocks (film), ''Rocks'' (film), a 2019 British coming-of-age drama film * Das Rad, ''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, or rock * Gemstone, or rock

Sports

Teams and leagues

* "Rocks", a nickname of the Colorado Rockies Major League Baseball team * Toronto Rock, of the National Lacrosse League

Sports that use rocks

* Curling, 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), USS ''Rock'' (SS-274), a US Navy submarine * Rock (landform), a type of islet