rocking

3 definitions found

rocking - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rock \Rock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rocked;p. pr. & vb. n.
     Rocking.] [AS. roccian; akin to Dan. rokke to move, to
     snake; cf. Icel. rukkja to pull, move, G. r["u]cken to move,
     push, pull.]
     1. To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting
        on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to
        cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.
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              A rising earthquake rocked the ground. --Dryden.
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     2. To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking;
        to still; to quiet. "Sleep rock thy brain." --Shak.
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     Note: Rock differs from shake, as denoting a slower, less
           violent, and more uniform motion, or larger movements.
           It differs from swing, which expresses a vibratory
           motion of something suspended.
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  Rocking \Rock"ing\, a.
     Having a swaying, rolling, or back-and-forth movement; used
     for rocking.
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     Rocking shaft. (Mach.) See Rock shaft.
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rocking - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "rocking":
     appeasing, calming, careening, cradling, dangling, dreamy, drowsy,
     gentling, hushing, lulling, lurching, mollifying, pacifying,
     pitching, quietening, reeling, restful, rolling, soothful,
     soothing, stilling, swaying, swinging, tossing, tranquilizing