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noun

the sport of climbing sheer rocky surfaces on the sides of mountains, often with the aid of special equipment.

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How to use rock climbing in a sentence

The atmosphere on campuses has gotten repressive enough that comedian Chris Rock no longer plays colleges.
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And, as the enigmatic front man to an avant garde indie rock group, he is droll, perceptive, and splendidly weird.
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My ball bounced back and the rock rolled just a little bit forward.
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I think 2014 was my big rock and roll year, and 2015 is gonna be a really good year to hang around the house.
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Yes, it was a fairly disappointing year in music—one devoid of Goth teen prodigies, Yeezy, and galvanizing rock anthems.
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The offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
There lay Bob Rock, covered with blood, and apparently insensible.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
He said something laughingly to the head guide to the effect that climbing was good sport and a fine test for the nerves.
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When she heard it there came before her imagination the figure of a man standing beside a desolate rock on the seashore.
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It was a pretty house, stood a little apart from the forge, and was called Rock Villa.
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British Dictionary definitions for rock climbing

rock climbing

noun

the technique and sport of climbing on steep rock faces, usually with ropes and other equipment and as part of a team or pair

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