rock
/rɒk/ verbDefinition
MOVE [I, T] › to move backwards and forwards or from side to side, or to make someone or something do this: She rocked back and forth on her chair. He gently rocked the baby to sleep.
SHOCK [T] › to shock a large number of people: [often passive] The country has been rocked by a series of drug scandals. → See also rock the boat
(Definition of rock verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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