roc
noun
a bird of enormous size and strength.
roc
American
[rok]
/ rɒk /
noun
Arabian Mythology.
ROC
1
British
abbreviation
roc
2
British
/ rɒk /
noun
Etymology
Origin of roc
1570–80; < Arabic rukhkh, probably < Persian rukh; see rook 2
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Scholars suspect that Aepyornis titan may have given rise to the legend of a great bird called the roc, which is told in the Arabian Nights.
From Time Magazine Archive
But certainly the Arabian roc, which carried off elephants for its nestlings as an eagle rapes a mouse, would shy from the monstrous thing U. S. engineers propose to build for $5,000,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
The name of the latest roc of transportation is Curtiss-Wright Corp.
From Time Magazine Archive
It depicts a conversation between two birds, one a giant roc that soars over the earth, with "the blue sky on its back," and the other a timid sparrow "scared stiff" in his bush.
From Time Magazine Archive
He too\ the mountain roc\ to carve into inking stones.
From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin
Among them are ice dance couple Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin, who competed under the ROC designation in Beijing four years ago, made moves towards skating for the U.S.—and instead landed on Tbilisi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
How has Jay-Z’s partnership between ROC Nation and the NFL, which brought artists like Rihanna, Eminem, and The Weeknd to the halftime show, impacted its evolution—both positively and negatively?
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2025
Since then the number of countries that recognise the ROC government has fallen drastically with only 12 countries recognising the island today.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2024
ROC will receive bronze medals, although no athletes were in Paris to accept them because the ROC is suspended from participating in these Olympics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024
It showed an artist’s colorful rendering of the new ROC, with huge shopping complexes, smiling people in sunglasses toting oversize shopping bags, a Corporation oil rig shining from the blue water in the background.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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