verb · intransitive · rare

rockabye

rockabye · rockabyes · rockabyed · rockabyeing

To rock soothinglyTo rock soothingly.

Origin

From the nursery rhyme Rock-a-bye Baby, previously recorded as "Hush-a-by(e) baby"; blend

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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Forms

rockabyes, rockabyeing, rockabyed, rockabyed

Base form	rockabye · to rockabye
3rd person singular	rockabyes
Present participle	rockabyeing
Past simple	rockabyed
Past participle	rockabyed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	rockabye
he, she, it	rockabyes

Past simpleLesson

all persons

rockabyed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have rockabyed
he, she, it	has rockabyed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will rockabye

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle