rocking
pronunciation
How to pronounce rocking in British English:
UK ['rɒkɪŋ]
How to pronounce rocking in American English:
US ['rɒkɪŋ]
Word Origin
- rocking (adj.)
- "moving back and forth or to and fro," late 14c., present participle adjective from rock (v.1). Of music, from 1949 (see rock (v.2)). Rocking-horse is first recorded 1724; rocking-chair is from 1766.
Example
- 1. Rocking chair on a stationary base .
- 2. Rocking chairs are a fond but distant memory of the past .
- 3. Lovely sheep resin rocking horse toy .
- 4. With classic autism , people might be nonverbal or display behaviors such as rocking , hand flapping or self-injury .
- 5. I ` m not going to retire and sit around in a rocking chair , I can tell you that .