Meanings
verbrock out (third-person singular simple present rocks out, present participle rocking out, simple past and past participle rocked out)
present singular third person rocks out · participle present rocking out · participle past rocked out · past rocked out
- intransitiveslangTo party to or play rock music, punk rock, grunge or heavy metal.
Hey man, look at me rockin' out, I'm on the radio / Hey man, look at me rockin' out, I'm on the video
2005, “Radio/Video” (0:28-0:53 from the start), in Mezmerize (Alternative Metal, Nu Metal), performed by System of a Down
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rock out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rock%20out.
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