English Explanatory Dictionary

rockabye

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To rock soothingly.
noun
  1. A soothing rocking motion.

Word forms

rockabye rockabyes rockabyeing rockabying rockabyed

Etymology

From the nursery rhyme Rock-a-bye Baby, previously recorded as "Hush-a-by(e) baby"; blend of rock + lullaby or rock + -abye (as in hush-a-bye, from -a- (connective interfix) + bye (“goodbye, bye-bye”)).

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