rocking Definition

rock²
verb rocked, rocking

tr & intr
1. To sway or make something sway gently backwards and forwards or from side to side.

Example: rock the baby to sleep
tr & intr
2. To move or make something move or shake violently.

Thesaurus: sway, swing, pitch, reel, lurch, shake, tilt, toss.
3. colloq
To disturb, upset or shock.
Example: The news rocked the sporting world
Thesaurus: stun, astonish, astound, surprise, jar, dumbfound, shock, shake up.
intr
4. To dance to or play rock music.

noun

1. A rocking movement.
2. A form of popular music with a very strong beat, usually played on electronic instruments and derived from rock and roll.

Form: rock music (also)
3. Rock and roll.

Derivative: rocker

See separate entries.

Idiom: rock the boat

To destabilize or disturb something especially unnecessarily or out of spite.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon roccian.