roc

[ rok ]

/ rɒk /

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noun Arabian Mythology.

a bird of enormous size and strength.

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Origin of roc

1570–80; <Arabic rukhkh, probably <Persian rukh;see rook²

Words nearby roc

robust, robusta, robusta coffee, robustious, robustness, roc, Roca, rocaille, rocambole, Rocard, Rochambeau

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How to use roc in a sentence

A Rochester (ROC) passenger approached a ticket counter to check in and stated to the ticket agent that he had a bomb in his bag.
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The two were best buds and, along with Kareem Burke, founded the label Roc-A-Fella Records together in 1995.
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Roc Nation did not respond to multiple requests to confirm that they had signed the rapper to their label.
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Producers Timbaland, Jerome “J-Roc” Harmon and Rodney Jerkins are all at the top of their game working with Jackson.
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Ronson landed a deal as the self-described “white girl with the acoustic guitar on Roc-a-Fella.”
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Here there was a scuffling sound in the basket, and the Roc rapped on the cover with her hard beak, and cried, "Hush!"
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As Davy stood in the road, in doubt which way to go, a Roc came around the corner of the house.
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There was a young roc in it just ready to be hatched, and its bill had begun to appear.
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They retired in the daytime to their dens, where they hid themselves from the roc, their enemy, and came out only in the night.
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The other roc, to our misfortune, threw his burden so exactly upon the middle of the ship, as to split it into a thousand pieces.
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British Dictionary definitions for roc (1 of 2)

roc

/ (rɒk) /

noun

(in Arabian legend) a bird of enormous size and power

Word Origin for roc

C16: from Arabic rukhkh, from Persian rukh

British Dictionary definitions for roc (2 of 2)

ROC

abbreviation for

Royal Observer Corps

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