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rock up en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From rock + up.

Meanings

  1. (informal) To turn up at a place or function spontaneously or unexpectedly, without notice or prior warning.
    • I'm sure the Brunel-designed stone-built structure would have had a hatstand for his trademark stovepipe. I can picture him rocking up there of a morning and lobbing it nonchalantly onto the hatstand. 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chippenham (1841)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57:

Forms

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rocked up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rocked up Tense=Past lexicographic
rocks up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rocking up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

show up

Translations (4)

fi ilmestyä paikalle (to turn up unexpectedly) · fi pöllähtää paikalle (to turn up unexpectedly) · ru заяви́ться (to turn up unexpectedly) · ru заявля́ться (to turn up unexpectedly)

rock up en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From rock (“stone”) + up.

Meanings

  1. To work one's way vertically up a chimney or cleft using a rocking movement.
  2. (slang) To turn powder cocaine into crack cocaine by cooking.

Forms

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rocked up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rocked up Tense=Past lexicographic
rocking up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rocks up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic