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rock hard

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rock hard adjective: as tough, hard, or inflexible as a piece of rock.

Adjective

rock hard (not comparable)

  1. As tough, hard, or inflexible as a piece of rock.
    • One of humankind's oldest maladies, kidney stones are rock-hard1998, Jean Carper, Food - Your Miracle Medicine, page 192
    • You are not using the frosting as a glue, as in making a gingerbread house, so it is not necessary that it dry rock hard.2007, Meaghan Mountford, Cookie Sensations: Creative Designs for Every Occasion, page 25
    Synonyms:
    rock solid
  2. With muscles developed and toned to a high degree, especially the muscles of the abdomen.
    • He was pale but rock-hard from exercise, and still had a grunt's haircut.2007-2008, quoted in Best Newspaper Writing, 2007-2008, page 367
    • Workout complete – Miles body was rock hard.2010, Andre Maxwell Jacob, And Then There Was Life!, page 229
  3. (figuratively) Having a very fully erect and stiff penis
    • Tommy Lee first shivered when he felt the tongue in his ear, but his whole body shuddered when he felt the deputy's rock hard cock press along the length of his ass crack.2008, Eden Bradley, Forbidden Fruit, page 112
    • He is rock hard as he mounts her.2010, Devon Scott, Unfaithful, page 142
  4. (figuratively) With strongly held beliefs and opinions, deep conviction.
    • Mark does not seem to be suffering from any inner conflict, in that he is rock hard and will not budge from this position.2010, Richard House, Del Loewenthal, Childhood, Well-Being and Therapeutic Ethos, page 96

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Forms of rock hard

alternative formrock-hard
alternative formrockhard

Questions about rock hard

What does rock hard mean?
Rock hard means as tough, hard, or inflexible as a piece of rock.
What part of speech is rock hard?
Rock hard is an adjective.

Words near rock hard in the dictionary

  1. rock group
  2. rock groups
  3. rock guano
  4. rock gym
  5. rock happy
  6. rock hard
  7. rock herring
  8. rock herrings
  9. Rock Hill
  10. rock hole
  11. rock holes

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