to rock
230
1.0
- verb
- /rɑk/
:
mecer
- Ask children to sing some of their favorite lullabies while rocking stuffed animals or pretending to rock babies.
- rock back and forth
- rock the baby
- a rocking chair
So now you have this big square camera bump that doesn't rock side to side on a table.
- So now you have this big square camera bump that doesn't rock side to side on a table.
- In other words, I've found this in some patients that as you rock back, your hip should just flex.
Examples
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Then if you disturb them, they rock back and forth.
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My body began to feel like it was rocking left and right.
Academic text (2010) -
Remember, try not to rock too much.
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No, I'm just going to rock for a while.
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I hold him tight, then I put him in his basket and rock him all night.
Fiction book (1990) -
Vivian didn't follow but stayed on the porch, rocking comfortably and watching the car.
Fiction book (1990) -
Just about now, Sister would be rocking her baby girl, and Queenie would be cooking eggplant Parmesan.
Fiction book (1990) -
When the baby was upset, she gently rocked him back to sleep.
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To help her relax, he would rock her in his arms while singing softly.
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The children were rocking back and forth on the swings at the playground.
Synonyms
77
2.4
To move slowly from side to side in a gentle rhythm
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
22
4.8
To reach the lowest point in your life before you begin to get better
- Offensive
To play or enjoy music very loudly and with wild energy
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
107
1.8
A type of popular music from the 1950s with a strong beat and electric guitars
12
2.9
Rock music from the late 1960s to the 1980s that remains popular and influential
- Specialized
4
3.6
A hard rock made when hot melted rock cools on or near the Earth's surface
3
3.0
A person who goes up steep rocks or artificial walls using hands and feet for sport
- Archaic
1
5.7
A 1960s rock style with long guitar solos and unusual sounds often linked to drug use
1
7.5
A large boulder on the shore of Plymouth, Massachusetts said to be where Pilgrims landed in 1620
1
7.1
A style of rock music with unusual sounds from jazz and classical, meant for listening not dancing
- Specialized
1
3.0
Small pieces of rock made by crushing larger stones and used for paths and building
- NSFW
1
4.8
Rock music from the 1960s with unusual sounds and effects that suggest drug experiences
- US
1
4.8
A freshwater fish in North America that lives in shallow, rocky water and people catch for food or sport
- Specialized
1
4.9
A clear, colorless mineral used to make lenses and in some electronics
- UK
1
8.1
A small firm white fish like dogfish that is often sold in British fish and chip shops
A desert in northwestern Nevada with a large flat dry lakebed and an annual arts festival
- Specialized
A rock that forms when small pieces of older rocks press and stick together
- Specialized
A fern that grows on rocks in northern North America with fronds like parsley
A plant with cream colored flowers that grows in rocky soil in the western United States
- US
A bright gold and black fish that lives on coral reefs from the Caribbean to Brazil
- Specialized
A sickness you catch from sick animals, meat, or milk that causes fever and headache
- Specialized
A low plant with green leaves and small flowers that grows in rocky places
- UK
A long slim fish with no scales that lives in northern Atlantic waters and people eat
- South African
A small animal that eats plants and lives on rocks in Africa and the Middle East
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rock as a verb comes from the idea of 'to move back and forth', like a rocking chair, so to rock is to move gently or swing to and fro.