rock out

verb

rocked out; rocking out; rocks out

intransitive verb

: to play music in a loud or energetic way

Examples of rock out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Outdoor bars and pop-up tasting stands peppered the festival grounds, offering adult libations to the 21-and-over crowd dancing, moshing and rocking out all weekend. — Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

DJs don’t dance no more, but Lenny Kravitz was certainly rocking out during Harry Styles’ MSG concert last night. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026

The black-and-white clip, punctuated with fun animations, finds Rose and their band performing the song in an empty bar with a barkeep (played by Simpson) who goes from wiping counters to rocking out. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026

So, by the end, everybody’s just rocking out — no matter the locale. — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for rock out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout