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Rocking chair
A rocking chair is a chair mounted on curved runners or a mechanical base that lets the occupant rock by shifting weight, invented in the 18th century.
Rocking horse
Rocking horse: a ride-on toy horse that rocks back and forth on bow rockers or a safety stand. Known since 17th-century Europe (a 1610 V&A example), a Victorian nursery staple, revived by makers like Stevenson Brothers.
Rocking the Daisies
Rocking the Daisies is a South African music and lifestyle festival founded in 2005, held each spring at Cloof Wine Estate near Darling and drawing more than 15,000 attendees.
Rocking-wave bioreactors
A rocking-wave bioreactor is a cell culture vessel, usually a flexible plastic bag, agitated by the rocking of its platform rather than an impeller, suited to shear-sensitive cells.
Rockingham
Rockingham, WA: coastal suburb and City of Rockingham local government area about 40 km south-west of Perth, named after the 1830 settler ship Rockingham; suburb population 15,312, City around 160,000, near HMAS Stirling.
Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
Rockingham County, New Hampshire: southeastern NH county, one of 10, holding all 18 miles of the state's Atlantic coast; 36 towns plus Portsmouth; organized 1769, incorporated 1771; 314,176 residents (2020); county seat at Brentwood.
Rockland County, New York
Rockland County, New York: county founded February 23, 1798 from Orange County; county seat New City; smallest New York county outside NYC with 338,329 residents (2020), largest per-capita Jewish population, and a three-source water supply.
Rockland Power Partners
Rockland Power Partners is the private equity fund series of Rockland Capital, a Texas firm making control investments in US and UK power generation assets.
Rockline Venkatesh (ರಾಕ್ಲೈನ್ ವೆಂಕಟೇಶ್)
Rockline Venkatesh (ರಾಕ್ಲೈನ್ ವೆಂಕಟೇಶ್), born Thirupathi Narasimhalunaidu Venkatesh in 1963, is an Indian film producer, distributor, and actor; founder of Rockline Entertainments and co-producer of Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Lingaa.
Rockmond Dunbar
Rockmond Dunbar (born 1973) is an American actor known as Kenny Chadway in Soul Food, C-Note in Prison Break, Eli Roosevelt in Sons of Anarchy, and Michael Grant in 9-1-1, from which he exited in 2021 over a vaccine dispute he later lost in court.
RocknRolla
RocknRolla is a 2008 British crime comedy film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, in which a crooked land deal by a Russian mobster draws every layer of London's criminal underworld into a scramble for millions.
Rocko (rapper)
Rocko (Rodney Ramone Hill Jr., born 1979, Atlanta) is a rapper, producer, and label executive behind Rocky Road Records and A1 Recordings; known for "Umma Do Me", "U.O.E.N.O.", and signing Future.
Rocko's Modern Life
Rocko's Modern Life is a Nicktoons animated series created by Joe Murray, airing on Nickelodeon from 1993, following the Australian wallaby Rocko, Heffer, and Filburt in satirical stories about adult life, later revived as the Netflix special Static Cling.
Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling
Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling is a 45-minute 2019 Netflix animated special reviving the 1990s Nickelodeon series, directed by Joe Murray, reuniting the original voice cast, and featuring a transgender storyline for Rachel Bighead.
Rockpepper Bay
Rockpepper Bay (Ensenada Güemes) is a bay at 63°08'S, 55°45'W on the northern coast of Joinville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, named for its many off-shore rocks and islets; variant name Elsie Bay.
Rockport Plant
The Rockport Plant, also called the Rockport Generating Station, is a two-unit coal-fired power station in Rockport, Indiana, whose units entered service in 1984 and 1989 and together provide about 2,600 MW.
Rocks (2019 film)
Rocks (2019) is a British coming-of-age drama directed by Sarah Gavron, written by Theresa Ikoko and Claire Wilson, about a teenage girl hiding her mother's abandonment; it won Best British Independent Film and the BAFTA Rising Star Award for Bukky Bakray.
Rocks (Aerosmith album)
Rocks, Aerosmith's fourth studio album (Columbia, May 3, 1976), produced by Jack Douglas and the band, reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200, was the band's first platinum album, and is widely ranked their finest record.
ROCKS (missile)
ROCKS is a quasi-ballistic air-to-surface standoff missile made by Israel's Rafael, unveiled in 2019, known in India as Crystal Maze 2, with a 250 km range and 3 m accuracy.
RocksDB
RocksDB is an embeddable, persistent key-value store written as a C++ library, developed at Facebook, open-sourced in 2013, and built on Google's LevelDB for fast flash storage.
Rocksmith
Rocksmith is Ubisoft's 2011 music game series teaching real guitar and bass via note detection, spanning Rocksmith 2014 (Metacritic 87), Remastered (1,570 songs), and the 2022 subscription service Rocksmith+.
Rocksmith 2014
Rocksmith 2014 Edition (Remastered, 2016) is Ubisoft's real-guitar learning game using the Real Tone USB cable and note detection; over 1,500 DLC songs; delisted from stores October 23, 2023.
Rockson Yeboah
Rockson Yeboah (born 2004, Berekum, Ghana) is a Ghanaian centre back for La Liga's Osasuna, signed in August 2026 from IFK Göteborg for €3 million on a five-year deal; known for 1.90 m height, 34.96 km/h speed, and aerial duels.
Rockstar (2011 film)
Rockstar is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language musical romantic drama directed by Imtiaz Ali, starring Ranbir Kapoor as a Delhi student who becomes the rock star Jordan.
Rockstar (2026 film)
Rockstar (রকস্টার) is a 2026 Bengali-language Bangladeshi romantic musical drama directed and written by Azman Rusho, starring Shakib Khan as rock musician Agun, released 28 May 2026 for Eid-ul-Adha, with a $12,493 worldwide gross and IMDb rating 5.4/10.
Rockstar (drink)
Rockstar (drink), also known as Rockstar energy, is an American energy drink brand founded in 2001. It is currently owned by Celsius Holdings in the U.S. and Canada.
Rockstar (Lisa song)
Rockstar is a June 27, 2024 English-language solo single by Lisa (Lalisa Manobal) of BLACKPINK, released via LLOUD Co./RCA Records, produced by Ryan Tedder and Sam Homaee, sampling Tame Impala's "New Person, Same Old Mistakes"; it peaked at No. 70 on the Billboard Hot 100 and appears on Alter Ego (2025).
Rockstar (Nickelback song)
Rockstar is a 2005 satirical Nickelback song from All the Right Reasons, written by Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake, and Daniel Adair; it peaked at No. 6 on the Hot 100 and No. 2 in the UK, and is distinct from songs of the same name by Dolly Parton, Post Malone, and DaBaby.
Rockstar (Post Malone song)
"Rockstar" is a 2017 hip-hop single by Post Malone featuring 21 Savage, produced by Tank God and Louis Bell, released September 15, 2017 via Republic Records as the lead single of Beerbongs & Bentleys; it was both artists' first Billboard Hot 100 number one, spent eight weeks at the top, and earned Grammy nominations for Record of the Year and Best Rap/Sung Performance.
Rockstar Advanced Game Engine
Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE) is Rockstar Games' proprietary game engine, built by the RAGE Technology Group at Rockstar San Diego on the Angel Game Engine. Debuting with Table Tennis (2006), it powers GTA IV, GTA V, Red Dead Redemption 2, and GTA VI.