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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb to rock, sway, or nod; usually involuntarily.

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  • verb To rock or sway involuntarily.
  • verb engineering To wobble, to make a circular rocking motion.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb rock, sway, or nod; usually involuntarily

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