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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The bright young men hit on the roc, huge bird that took Sindbad's baggy pants in its beak and carried him across mountains to drop him into a gully full of diamonds.
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
The roc replies angrily: Stop your windy nonsense!
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
On board, one of the ROC soldiers kept watch.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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