0 to rock a baby (= to move it backwards and forwards or from side to side in a regular way) to help it to sleep:
The Czech word for a lullaby is derived from the verb kolébat, meaning to rock-a-bye.
a well-known lullaby called "Rockabye Baby"
1 used to describe the action of rocking a baby to sleep, or something that relates to this:
He was holding a big plank of wood in his arms rock-a-bye style.
They sang a children's song called "Rock-a-bye your teddy bear".
"Rock-a-bye, baby, on the tree top," she sang softly.
I put the baby in his rock-a-by seat.
She put out her elbows and swung them in a rockabye motion.
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May 10, 2021
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rock-a-bye
