rock

/rɒk/ verb

Translation

MOVE [I, T] › to move backwards and forwards or from side to side, or to make someone or something do this

salla(n)mak, sars(ıl)mak, öne arkaya sağa sola hareket etmek

She rocked back and forth on her chair. He gently rocked the baby to sleep.1633

SHOCK [T] › to shock a large number of people

sarsmak, şaşkınlığa uğratmak şok etmek

[often passive] The country has been rocked by a series of drug scandals. → See also rock the boat1976

(Definition of rock verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

everything that exists or is possible

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