rocking

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• Rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ

rock +‎ -ing

rocking (comparative more rocking, superlative most rocking)

1. Shaking, swaying or moving back and forth.
2. (informal) Excellent; great.

(moving):

• rocking chair
• rocking horse
• rocking stone

rocking

1. present participle of rock

rocking (plural rockings)

1. The motion of something that rocks.
   • 1823, John Wesley, ‎Charles Bonnet, ‎Louis Dutens, A survey of the wisdom of God in the creation (page 181)

     Every part of a tree will not do for this purpose, as some branches may not be sufficiently forked; others may not be sufficiently strong; and others may be too much exposed to the rockings of the wind.

• corking