Meaning of rockabye | Babel Free

Definitions

A soothing rocking motion.

Examples

“All the lullabies of the world suggest⟳ undulatory movements or rockabyes in the tree tops.”

“This is what Eve was thinking as she listened to the dance⟳ music swinging like⟳ a rockabye hammock hung between the silky strands of[…]”

“Every forty-five minutes occurred A Laugh⟳, selected sea-chanties were alternately mumbled and roared, and the saddest intermission orchestra I have⟳ ever heard fiddled jigs and reels to a rockabye tempo.”

“Carruthers’ sobs have⟳ a rockabye beat⟳.”

“ROCKABYE HAMMOCK. Grown-ups aren’t the only ones who love⟳ the sunny laziness of a hammock, so this one has been designed for children between the ages of four and ten.”

“I have⟳ been a rockabye baby sloshed in the sludge of the sea and I have⟳ clung with a shell over me waiting a tide to bring⟳ me breakfast.”

“Then, in a rockabye vein, comes Catalina’s white two-piece suit⟳ of knit⟳ that resembles a baby’s blanket and is trimmed with pink crocheted scalloped edges and tassels wherever there is an edge to decorate⟳.”

“Just lie⟳ still; just don’t cry⟳; I’ll rock you with a rockabye.”

“Debbi will sit⟳ and talk⟳ for a while, then charge off to breast-feed the baby. Her office features a rockabye-baby device with a fringed top.”

“Linda is working her soft soft wet⟳ mouth gently against mine, letting me dream⟳ her tongue and meanwhile, below, she cups Mr. Genital in her hands and gives the triangle a firm squeeze⟳, a rockabye side-to-side shake⟳.”

“So the tree house itself could’ve been a celebration of Chad’s birth—the epitome of a rockabye-baby cradle in the tree top?”

“Seed has paired us on the MetroBabe Stroller audio job, designing an interface that works for both toddlers and parents. At the touch⟳ of a button, it has to be able to play⟳ back rockabyes, current hits packaged as instrumental lullabies for baby, or MetroBabe’s private info station, simply jam-packed with useful information to help⟳ guide⟳ new parents through the very special hell they’ve signed up for.”

“Trains and books and dolly with open⟳ eyes Creak and creak for Grandpa’s rockabyes”

“[…]; a Mommy’s arms to enfold with love⟳ for a rockabye time or a story;”

“The ear, our body’s innate artist, wields the hammer⟳, tip⟳[-]taps the anvil, turns, without trying, the monotonous slammings of water and sand into sweet rockabyes.”

“In the eaves, dove coos a rockabye song.”

“Being a rockabye-baby mom was never my thing.”

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