"rocking" meaning in English

See rocking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹɑkɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈɹɒkɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-rocking.ogg [US] Forms: more rocking [comparative], most rocking [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ Etymology: rock + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|rock|ing}} rock + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} rocking (comparative more rocking, superlative most rocking)
  1. Shaking, swaying or moving back and forth.
    Sense id: en-rocking-en-adj-C7SEl50g
  2. (informal) Excellent; great. Tags: informal Translations (excellent, grand): super (French), génial (French)
    Sense id: en-rocking-en-adj-Es3Uk04T Disambiguation of 'excellent, grand': 0 100

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɑkɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈɹɒkɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-rocking.ogg [US] Forms: rockings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ Etymology: rock + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|rock|ing}} rock + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rocking (countable and uncountable, plural rockings)
  1. The motion of something that rocks. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rocking-en-noun-arPig9OR
  2. The abrading of a copper plate with a rocker, preparatory to mezzotinting. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rocking-en-noun-S8zpc8v8
  3. The motion by which the design on a steel mill is transferred to a copper cylinder. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rocking-en-noun-pGnxsv7I
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rocking chair, rocking horse, rocking stone, gray rocking, grey rocking, rocking beam, rocking grate, rocking pier, rocking stool, rocking tree

Verb

IPA: /ˈɹɑkɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈɹɒkɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-rocking.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ Etymology: rock + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|rock|ing}} rock + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} rocking
  1. present participle and gerund of rock Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: rock Translations (rock music): rockant (French)
    Sense id: en-rocking-en-verb-GqEOCQWJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 0 2 13 23 35 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 22 0 10 14 21 32

Inflected forms

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