Rockabye
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Rockabye is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To rock soothingly.
Meaning
(ambitransitive) To rock soothingly.
More Meanings
- A soothing rocking motion.
Example Sentences
Go to sleep, my darling boy, while mother rockabyes you with her tender hand.
And lying down that night why should I hear the Brownsville trains that long had rockabyed me?
She, I noticed, was smiling, but that baby in the treetop might well have smiled as the wind rockabyed her down.
It was a pleasant day, the boat rockabyed in the slight chop and by late afternoon I was more nearly asleep than awake.
Word Forms
- rockabyes
- rockabyeing
- rockabying
- rockabyed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rock, cradle, lullaby, hushaby, outrock, sleep.
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