rock, verb intransitive

Origin:
EnglishShow more Special sense of general English rock to stagger or sway along.
Usually in the colloquial phrases rock in, rock over, rock up, to arrive in a casual way (unexpectedly, late, or inappropriately).
Note:
Usually expressing disapproval.
1974 Schoolgirl informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)Communion this morning...Real African time set-up here...The service was at 7.30 and at eight o’clock the first person rocks up.
1975 ‘Blossom’ in Darling 12 Feb. 119There by the camping site the day we rock in, it’s 95 in the shade.
1975 ‘Blossom’ in Darling 12 Apr. 95Seems he rocks over from Vredies to challenge the local pinball boks.
1979 ‘Blossom’ in Darling 16 May 131When you rock inside there’s these two more yooge settees covered with about a million cushuns.
1982 Sunday Times 6 June (Mag. Sect.)Like this taxi rocks up with two old toppies.
1984 J. Taylor ‘Stuff’. (lyrics)I duly rocked up.
1991 D. Boswell Informant, Giyani, LimpopoRock up. To arrive; turn up. There were gatecrashers at the party...These guys were not invited; they simply rocked up and caused all sorts of havoc.
1992 M-Net TV 13 Dec. (Carte Blanche)Even the two hospitals..are tired of junkies rocking up. They OD, and then they rock up.
1993 M-Net TV 3 May (Egoli)He rocks up after two years in Israel and gets a top job in Walco!
1994 M.J. Silva Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)This one girl rocks up wearing a short leather skirt and a..black lacy corset.
Usually in the colloquial phrases rock in, rock over, rock up,to arrive in a casual way (unexpectedly, late, or inappropriately).
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rock, nounn.rock-cod, nounn.
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