rocketh

Verb (1)

rock (third-person singular simple present rocks, present participle rocking, simple past and past participle rocked)

1. (transitive) To pelt with rocks; to stone.
   • Do you chaps mean to say you didn't make Rabbits-Eggs drunk and bribe him to rock King's rooms?1908, Rudyard Kipling, Stalky & Co.

Verb (2)

rock (third-person singular simple present rocks, present participle rocking, simple past and past participle rocked)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To move gently back and forth.
   • Rock the baby to sleep.
   1. (intransitive, transitive) To sway one's body as a stim.
      • Tends to tap fingers on desk or spin ring on finger, especially when stressed. Sucks thumb in private. Loves to rock.2019 May 4, C. L. Lynch, “"Autism is a Spectrum" Doesn’t Mean What You Think”, in NeuroClastic
2. (transitive) To cause to shake or sway violently.
   • Don't rock the boat.

   Synonyms:

   agitate, trouble

3. (intransitive) To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
   • The boat rocked at anchor.
4. (intransitive, transitive) To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.
   • The ores had been rocked and laid out for inspection.

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