■ noun
1》 (also ~ rock ) a loud, fast-moving, and aggressive form of rock music, popular in the late 1970s.
↘(also ~ rocker ) an admirer or player of ~ music.
2》 N. Amer. informal a worthless person.
↘a thug or criminal.
3》 US informal (in prison slang) a passive male homosexual.
4》 chiefly N. Amer. soft, crumbly wood that has been attacked by fungus, used as tinder.
■ adjective
1》 relating to ~ rock and its associated subculture.
2》 N. Amer. informal bad; worthless.
Derivatives
~ish adjective
~y adjective ( ~ier , ~iest ).
Origin
C17: perh., in some senses, related to archaic ~ 'prostitute', also to s~ .