Meaning of rock up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To turn up at a place or function spontaneously or unexpectedly, without notice or prior warning.
   informal
2. To work one's way vertically up a chimney or cleft using a rocking movement.
3. To turn powder cocaine into crack cocaine by cooking.
   slang

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Examples

“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.”

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