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rocking

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rock·ing  (rkng)
n.
A style of dancing that incorporates shuffling steps along with arm and leg movements that simulate street fighting, usually performed to funk or hip-hop music.
Translations
rocking [ˈrɒkɪŋ]
A. Nbalanceo m
B. CPD rocking chair Nmecedora f, mecedor m (LAm)
rocking horse Ncaballito m de balancín
rocking:
rocking chair
rocking horse
nSchaukelpferd nt


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They were a regular series of thumpings from the interior of the house, occasioned by the violent rocking of a cradle upon a stone floor, to which movement a feminine voice kept time by singing, in a vigorous gallopade, the favourite ditty of "The Spotted Cow"--
"She'll be rocking in it herself this time to-morrow," Ethan thought.
The mourner sat with bowed head, rocking her body heavily to and fro, and crying out in a high, strained voice that sounded like a dirge on some forlorn pipe.
 
 
 
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