rocking

1. 1
   adjective

   Moving gently back and forth, or from one side to the other.

   Like a baby's crib moving gently from side to side.

   The rocking boat made the children laugh with every wave.

   He grabbed the rail because of the rocking floor of the ferry.

   Similarrolling

   Oppositesteady, still

2. 2
   verb

   Present participle of rock. Use this form for an action happening right now.

   She is rocking the baby to sleep in her arms.

   The waves kept rocking the small boat all afternoon.

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3. 3
   adjectivecolloquial

   Very good, exciting, or really enjoyable.

   They threw a rocking party for her birthday.

   We listened to some rocking music all afternoon.

   Similarexcellent, great, awesome, terrific, fantastic

   Oppositelame, dull

4. 4
   noununcountable

   The slow back-and-forth or side-to-side movement of something.

   Like the way a swing moves forward and back.

   The gentle rocking of the cradle helped the baby relax.

   She loved the soft rocking of the hammock under the trees.

   Similarswaying, rolling, sway, roll, motion

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5. 5
   noununcountable

   The roughing up of a copper plate with a special tool, done before making a kind of print.

   Like rubbing sandpaper over a smooth surface to roughen it.

   The rocking of the plate took the artist several hours.

   Careful rocking gives the metal an even, rough surface.

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6. 6
   noununcountable

   The rolling movement that copies a design from a steel roller onto a copper cylinder.

   Like pressing a stamp onto paper to copy its picture.

   The rocking moved the design from the steel mill onto the copper cylinder.

   Slow, steady rocking copied the pattern without any flaws.

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