Native English speakers, what comes to your mind when I say 'rock'

[rodia77]

Bored enough?

So there's this song Generator by Bad Religion that starts with:

Like a rock, like a planet, like a F-ing atom bomb

With this context in mind, what kind of rock do you picture as a native English speaker: a smaller one (like a stone that you can hold or throw) or a more massive one (like a boulder that's, say, firmly set in the ground). And nope, I'm not adding a third option of a meteorite rock wooshing through space for all you weirdos.

Here's the song if anyone wants to listen or get more context from the lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEl1xSPyOwA

Don't overthink it, I care about your gut feeling rather than a logical interpretation. When replying, mention which English you speak (let's stick to country codes us, uk, au, ie etc).

Cheers in advance!

PS For Russian speakers who I know are here: yep, I'm trying to decide between камень and скала.

[is that my watch]

well just watched tremors so went boulder but maybe a bit fast as probably more agree with old bob

Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone

[tribe125]

Somewhere between a boulder and a hard place.

[skywatch]

My first thought was like "You raawk dooood!" so I would say "music"

But OK - related to the song... it just means something really hard and unbreakable. So either one - totally interchangeable. I suppose out of any context I imagine something fist sized that you can throw, and boulder would refer more to the thing in the ground.

[gnuyork]

I voted a stone. Something you can pick up and throw or collect.

[wschofield3]

Music and/or stability, as in "steady as a rock', then, any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter.

[Henry Krinkle]

No valid response but this did instantly put two things in my mind.

Thing a: The moment when Ray Winstone says "Boulder" while underwater in the opening scene of Sexy Beast. Cuz...boulder...
Thing two: The line in O'Malley's Bar by Nick Cave. The one about the thing as big as a really f***ing big brick.Define really f***ing big brick. Size is relative.

[tribe125]

The moment when Ray Winstone says "Boulder" while underwater in the opening scene of Sexy Beast.

Did he have a ‘w’ in it?

[Henry Krinkle]

Did he have a ‘w’ in it?

Hard to say. He blurts it out while underwater. It's sort of a big explosion of air that sounds more or less like boulder. The movie soundtrack is playing The Stranglers Peaches. It's a fun cinematic moment. Also, the movie is 88 minutes long, which I have been claiming for years is the perfect length for a cleverish action movie.

[Dan R]

A stone. That simple.

Boulders are the big styrofoamy things that rolled down the hill and crushed the Star Trek red shirts.