Thesaurus results for ROCKING

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noun

as in quaking

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verb

present participle of rock

as in swaying

to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions the boat was rocking so much that several passengers felt seasick

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as in faltering

to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side the drunk rocked on his heels for a moment and then fell flat on his back

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as in stunning

to make senseless or dizzy by a blow she rocked the mugger with a single punch and then ran

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as in amazing

to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected the news of the mayor's sudden death rocked the city

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Recent Examples of rocking

Noun

Alan Bishop’s latest album seems at first like a showcase of his music at its most rocking. —

Marc Masters, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2026 There are some traditional pieces that set a framework for the exhibition — functional objects, like a rustic rocking chair made from logs hewn from pine and aspen by Jon Weekly, who owns Medicine Wolf Furniture, headquartered in Denver. —

Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2026 While Kesteloo is used to traveling at sea, the rocking and swaying of the boat might affect you differently. —

Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026 Then, noticing changes in the wind and the rocking of the boat, an uneasiness crept over the veteran seaman. —

Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026 Then there’s the literal rocking of docks and fishing boats, which causes disputes between different lake users. —

Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026 Keeping with the Marlow collection’s outdoor rocking chair theme is this set of two chairs. —

Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2026 Expect leather benches, custom drapery, rattan rocking chairs, and oversize armoires that discreetly conceal the tile-and-marble bathrooms with soaking tubs and bamboo shades. —

AFAR Media, 30 Dec. 2025 There is only Kyle and her porch and her chair and the rocking, the rocking, the rocking, the rocking. —

Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025

Verb

Got a perfect match from Chris Richards, the Afro-rocking defender with the long, loping strides, who was 83 for 83 on his passes. —

Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026 By 2015, both sisters had subdued their texture, rocking depleted waves in place. —

Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 12 June 2026 On Wednesday, Swift, Alana and Este made waves on social media for being among die-hard Knicks fans Mariska Hargitay (also rocking a Stevie Knicks T-shirt, seemingly gifted by Swift) along with Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor. —

Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026 And if they're caught rocking some flops in Cinque Terre, they won't just be outed as a fashion victim. —

Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026 The montage included shots of Meghan lying in the grass with a hat over her face, Prince Harry and Prince Archie, 7, playing with an oversized soccer ball in the yard of their home, Princess Lilibet, 4, rocking a Beyoncé shirt and the cozy throwback photo. —

Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026 Spirited French tips get a game-day twist with one hand rocking blue tips and the other orange. —

Amanda Le, InStyle, 9 June 2026 These stabilizers use sensors to adjust the angle of the fins to create hydrodynamic lift and counteract wave movement, reducing the feeling of rocking for those onboard. —

Linnea Bailey, Southern Living, 9 June 2026 First and foremost, as was first reported by Shanghai Daily, the child was not seriously injured, so if your first instinct was to fear retribution for laughing at the visual of a humanoid robot doing a Rex-Kwan-Do routine in a clown wig and rocking some little kid in the chest, then worry not. —

Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rocking

Noun

All the trembling, as Kimbangu touched the sick, alarmed European settlers and reassured the plantation workers who trekked to Nkamba in search of healing.

— Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
At first this change of scale vivifies the butterfly—its brief stillness, the angle of its wings, its trembling—while freezing everything else, including the novel’s action.

— Ben Lerner, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026