Word Finder - rocking

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To move gently back and forth.

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Rock the baby to sleep.

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To cause to shake or sway violently.

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Don't rock the boat.

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To sway or tilt violently back and forth.

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The boat rocked at anchor.

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(of ore etc.) To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.

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The ores had been rocked and laid out for inspection.

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To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).

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Downing Street has been rocked by yet another sex scandal.

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To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.

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To make love to or have sex with.

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To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.

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Let’s rock!

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To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.

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Chocolate rocks.

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To thrill or excite, especially with rock music

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Let's rock this joint!

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To do something with excitement yet skillfully

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I need to rock a piss.

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To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style).

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The motion of something that rocks.

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The abrading of a copper plate with a rocker, preparatory to mezzotinting.

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The motion by which the design on a steel mill is transferred to a copper cylinder.

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Shaking, swaying or moving back and forth.

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Excellent; great.

He pulled a rocking chair from the corner to her bed and sat.

But if she moved, the car might start rocking again.

Alex sighed and sat down in the rocking chair.

The three were once again rocking away on the front porch.

Princess Mary was still standing by the cot, gently rocking the baby.

They have just spent nine months in a home that fed them; kept them warm; brought them the oxygen they needed; took care of waste products; and provided a gentle rocking motion to soothe them.

The act of holding, rocking, laughing, singing, feeding, gazing, kissing, and other nurturing behaviors involved in caring for infants (and young children) are bonding experiences.

She spun, the action rocking her precarious balance, only to come face-to-face with the American nerd.

Rocking back and forth, head bowed, Edith began to touch herself, her cheek, her arms, her body, again and again, as if indicating where she had been struck but unable to utter the painful words.

Are you going to fill us in or just keep rocking until you wear a hole in the porch?

If apnea is frequent or severe, the baby's doctor may decide to treat it by altering conditions in the incubator, such as lowering the temperature, increasing oxygen, or placing the infant in a rocking incubator.

Since canker sores are often brought on by stress, stress-relieving techniques such as cuddling and rocking babies until they fall asleep may help relieve the stress associated with the severity of pain.

Infant. The infant enjoys watching other members of the family; the infant enjoys rocking, strolling, time spent in a swing, supervised time on a blanket on the floor, crawling, walking with help, and being sung and read to.

When infants first get up on their hands and knees, they make modest attempts at movement, rocking or swaying in the direction they want to go.

Hypersensitive infants cry in response to new experiences that do not normally upset other babies; ordinary comforting measures, such as holding, rocking, feeding, or swaddling do not work and may even make the crying worse.

Rocking or walking around with the baby held up against the shoulder can sometimes soothe the infant.

Babies enjoy repetitive, rhythmic motion such as rocking, swinging, swaying, and jiggling.

The most important ways to create attachment is positive physical contact such as hugging, holding, and rocking.

While there are more popular forms of dance right now rocking both the street and stage, a firm grasp on a traditional form of movement such as jazz and ballet are essential to a successful career.

Then swing the other knee inward so that you are leaning and rocking to the music.

Step down with your left foot and then touch your right toe in place while rocking forward.

When he's not busy rocking on stage with the band, White Light Motorcade, he's behind the scene in this unique salon, sharing his passion for artistic cuts.

Jennifer Aniston reached stardom on the Friends sitcom while rocking a medium length 70s inspired shag.

Kate Beckinsale has been seen rocking this look.

You can be standing, slow dancing, sitting on a birthing ball, leaning over the bed, or sitting in a rocking chair.

You can still be rocking in a chair, slow dancing, or sitting on a birthing ball with an internal monitor in place.

A man will be rocking the pool party in vintage style in no time at all.

Although the term more typically refers to miniature plastic toy horses with a toy rider, some also use the term to refer to rocking horses that can be ridden.

Did you know that rocking horses are thought to date as far back as ancient Egypt and Greece?

There are many examples of rocking horses in English culture in the 1600s, and pieces from this era are highly sought after.

Collectors will be quick to tell you that King Charles the First, the King of England at that time, had a rocking horse as a child.

There are many different choices available for toy lovers, whether you are searching for a rocking horse or a smaller, model horse.

I'm not ready for the rocking chair yet.

I followed Quinn down to the water's edge as the women waved from whicker rocking chairs on the wide verandah.

A large grey cat was asleep on a rocking chair.

The rocking chairs were back, four in a row, red, green, yellow, and purple, adding a blaze of color against the century-old white building of Bird Song.

Cynthia didn't ask him to join her and he was more than happy to remain rocking a groove in the front porch decking.

The winter season precluded the front porch rocking chair conferences of last summer and since the past autumn the group's confabs had been replaced with side-of-the-bed meetings in the Deans' quarters.

Cowering in the opposite corner, sat a young lady rocking, with her face in her hands.

Connor mostly paced, nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs.

The only difference was the boards hammered over each of the windows, and the weapons sitting beside Mrs. Watson's rocking chair and stacked on the couch.

Mrs. Watson only offered a small smile, shoved the robe at her, and resumed her seat on the rocking chair.

With a clatter and scrape, the rocking chair turned on its side and skid several feet across the porch.

The current passes through the rocking key K, which, when thrown over to the right, places a in contact with c and b with d, and when thrown over to the left, places a in contact with e and b with f.

M.H.G gagen, gugen, to sway to and fro " (gugen, gagen, the rocking of a cradle), the Swabian gigen, gagen, in the same sense, the Tirolese gaiggern, to sway, doubt, or the old Norse geiga, to go astray or crooked.

The displacer (E),which takes its motion through a rod (I) from a rocking lever (F) connected by a short link to the crank-pin, is itself the regenerator, its construction being such that the air passes up and down through it as in one of the original Stirling forms. The cooler is a water vessel (G) through which water circulates from a tank (H).

Into the " rocker " and the " tom " the miner shovelled dirt, rocking it as he poured in water, catching the gold on riffles set across the bottom of his box; thus imitating in a wooden box the work of nature in the rivers.

This disk rotates by rocking on a pair of knife-edges whose bearings are rigidly attached to the frame.

Other editions are by Hugo (Berlin, 1834), Rocking (Bonn, 1836), containing fragments of the first book of the Institutiones discovered by Endlicher at Vienna in 1835, and in Girard's Textes de droit romain (Paris, 1890).

Both these vessels are mounted on a rocking base, so that the acid can be thoroughly agitated while the machine is being worked.