rockabye
rockabye · rockabyes
A soothing rocking motionA soothing rocking motion.
Meaning
1 sensesA soothing rocking motion.
Origin
From the nursery rhyme Rock-a-bye Baby, previously recorded as "Hush-a-by(e) baby"; blendFrom 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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