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rock up¹

Where it comes from

From rock + up.

verb rocks up · rocking up · rocked up

  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.

    Similar: show up

rock up²

Where it comes from

From rock (“stone”) + up.

verb rocks up · rocking up · rocked up

  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.

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verb to turn up unexpectedly

Русскийзаявля́ться zajavljátʹsja, заяви́ться zajavítʹsja

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"rock up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rock%20up. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{rock_up_2026,
  title = {rock up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rock%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}