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rocking stool

rocking stool noun: a rocking chair.

Noun

rocking stool (plural rocking stools)

  1. A rocking chair.
    • The Garda van was parked in the yard, and the two young Gards were struggling to get the rocking-stool out of the back.2016, L.E. Hartley, The Broken Mirror, →ISBN, page 273
    • He continued to stare out the window, accompanied by Johnny's groans and the rhythmic squeaking of the rocking stool.1990, Robert Upton, A killing in real estate: an Amos McGuffin mystery, →ISBN, page 155
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rocking, stool.

Forms of rocking stool

pluralrocking stools

Origin of rocking stool

A calque of German Schaukelstuhl.

Words that rhyme with rocking stool

42 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about rocking stool

What does rocking stool mean?
Rocking stool means a rocking chair.
What part of speech is rocking stool?
Rocking stool is a noun.
What is the plural of rocking stool?
The plural of rocking stool is rocking stools.

Words near rocking stool in the dictionary

  1. rocking pier
  2. rocking piers
  3. rocking someone's world
  4. rocking stone
  5. rocking stones
  6. rocking stool
  7. rocking stools
  8. rocking the boat
  9. rocking tree
  10. rocking trees
  11. rocking up

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