rocking

5 definitions • 5 examples

present participle of

to (cause someone or something to) move backwards and forwards or from side to side in a regular way:

He picked up the baby and gently rocked her to sleep.

If you rock back on that chair, you're going to break it.

If a person or place is rocked by something such as an explosion, the force of it makes the person or place shake:

The explosion, which rocked the city, killed 300.

If an event rocks a group of people or society, it causes feelings of shock:

The managing director's resignation rocked the whole company.

to wear a particular style of clothing, etc. and look good or fashionable:

There are celebrities over 40 years old who can still rock a tattoo.