Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The mass of stone or ballast laid to form the understratum of a road.
- noun The act of one who or of that which rocks; the act of swaying backward and forward.
- noun The abrading of the surface of a copper or steel plate with a rocker, preparatory to scraping a mezzotint.
- noun The motion by which the design on a steel mill is transferred to a copper cylinder to be used in calico-printing. Compare
mill , 7. - noun An evening party in the country: so called from the practice once prevalent among the women of taking their rocks (distaffs) with them and spinning.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a swaying, rolling, or back-and-forth movement; used for rocking.
- adjective (Mach.) See
Rock shaft .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective informal
excellent . Thebest - verb Present participle of
rock .
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Examples
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The most practical way to tell how well you have been using your gift to serve in your kingdom role is what I call the rocking-chair test.
The God of Yes David Edwards 2003
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If it's 94, 93, 94, 93 that's what we call the rocking chair.
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With his advantage of massive amounts of Republican money, Burr has been blasting Marshall for the past six weeks with an insipid TV spot featuring two "folksy" old white men sitting in rocking chairs on a front porch -- a classic of fake down home style that attempts to echo "Andy of Mayberry."
Michael Carmichael: Elaine Marshall Blasts Richard Burr Michael Carmichael 2010
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Older guys and women are really capable of doing things more than sitting in rocking chairs and pushing the remote control.
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Older guys and women are really capable of doing things more than sitting in rocking chairs and pushing the remote control.
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Come to think of it, some epic boat-rocking is pretty much assured.
More Reaction on Bolden and Garver Nominations - NASA Watch 2009
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And I couldn't stop laughing when I saw Valeryan's entry the first time — I imagined Lews Therin rocking out to Journey's greatest hits, unable to keep the tears in.
Photoshop Contest Winners, Wheel of Time Games, & Updates mistborn 2010
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This is a sad thing to have to say but it's time that the Clintons retired from the spotlight and parked themselves in rocking chairs on the front porch.
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I took special pleasure in rocking in the chair the hospital had provided, singing a song of my own devising to Elijah.
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This YouTube clip purports to be footage of Bill Gates being grilled by US government anti-trust lawyers in 1998 -- though you don't really get a clear look at his face, but that autistic rocking is pretty characteristic.
bilby commented on the word rocking
Indeed. Which is not to say I like it.
May 31, 2011