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rockaway

noun

Definition of rockawaynext
as in surrey

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Recent Examples of rockaway The show culminated with Jon shouting out a string of moves — the A-Town stomp, the muscle, the thunder clap, the rockaway — as more dancers flooded the stage. — Jason Lamphier, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rockaway
  1. surrey
  2. hackney
  3. cab
  4. landau
  5. tonga
  6. hackney coach
  7. chariot
  8. chaise
Noun
  • Already open in the development are a seafood market and restaurant, a bike and surrey rental service, the LA Maritime Institute and whale watching and harbor cruises.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • The clanging warning that a family in a four-wheel surrey pedicab is rolling up behind you.
    — Tim Ebner, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
Definition of surrey
Noun
  • Acceptable modes of transit include a 1969 Mini Cooper, any model of Range Rover that Prince Philip once drove, or a hackney carriage.
    — Simon Webster, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Feinberg is still driving under the same hackney carriage medallion that he was issued in 1975, according to police.
    — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2018
Definition of hackney
Noun
  • In one of her first meetings, she was asked to look at the designs for a new truck cab and formally approve it.
    — Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The cab curbs come as the BBC recently published senior management expense claims for the first quarter of its 2025/26 financial year.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of cab
Noun
  • It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
  • Margaret’s son David Armstrong-Jones, the Earl of Snowdown, joined Charles and Camilla in their landau, while her daughter Lady Sarah Chatto traveled in the third carriage with her husband, Daniel.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
Definition of landau
Noun
  • Hire a tonga and allow your tongawallah to guide you to Lucknow’s best spots.
    — Condé Nast Traveller, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of tonga
Noun
  • The diffuse forms of the Berlin Cathedral, Brandenburg Gate, and Leipziger Platz are still unmistakable against a foreground of pedestrians in modern dress, hackney coaches, and other symbols of the Industrial Revolution.
    — The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 1 Sep. 2024
Definition of hackney coach
Noun
  • During the period known as the Xi (Western) Zhou dynasty (1046–771 bce), warfare had been dominated by aristocratic elites and chariot forces and was generally conducted by armies smaller than those of subsequent centuries.
    — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Moments later, Sol’s chariot resumed its fiery march across the sky, just as modern science predicted.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of chariot
Noun
  • Deep seats give it that sink-in-and-relax feel, and the oversized chaise gives you plenty of wiggle room during movie marathons or lazy weekends.
    — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Specs AccordionItemContainerButton The Amabel chaise in Sandhill Cocoa draws the eye thanks to its bold, geometric upholstery—a tip right from the playbook of Heidi Caillier, who put it to work in Kendall Jenner’s vacation ranch.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of chaise

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“Rockaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rockaway. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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