rocked

Meanings

• Verb

  1. Past tense and past participle of the verb 'rock' meaning to move or cause to move gently back and forth.

  - "The baby was rocked to sleep."
  - "The tree was rocked by the wind."
  - "The boat was rocked by the waves."

• Verb

  2. (Figuratively) To be affected or influenced by something.

  - "The news rocked the community."
  - "The scandal rocked the political establishment."
  - "The revelation rocked her world."

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Antonyms

stink , suck

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Synonyms

agitate , trouble , cook with gas , flourish , go to bed with , hit , sleep with , waver , judder , rule

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with rocked
docked , locked , soaked , spoke , yoked

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Homophones

Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

1. Rocked (English) : A place where rocks are found.
   

2. Rocked (Scottish) : A unit of weight equal to 16 pounds.
   

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Variants

List of all variants of rocked that leads to same result
rock , rock the boat , rocked , rocked the boat , rocking , rocking the boat , rocks , rocks the boat , rock and roll , rock and rolls , rocked and rolled , rocking and rolling , rock out , rocked out , rocking out , rocks out

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Forms

Different forms of the word (e.g., verb conjugations, plural forms, comparative/superlative forms for adjectives).

rocked (past tense and past participle), rocks (noun, plural form)

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The Old English word 'rocian' meant 'to shake, to move to and fro'. The past participle 'rocqued' evolved into 'rocked' in Modern English.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'rock and roll' was popularized by disc jockey Alan Freed in the late 1940s and 1950s.

2. The word 'rock' comes from the Old English word 'rocian', which meant 'to shake, to move to and fro'.

3. In geology, a 'rock' is a solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids and/or organic matter.

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Related Concepts

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1. Roll: Related to the concept of motion, as in 'rocking' or 'rolling'.

2. Motion: Related to the physical or metaphorical movement described by the verb 'rocked'.

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Culture

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In literature, 'rocked' has been used metaphorically to describe emotional upheaval or instability. In music, the term 'rock and roll' refers to a genre of music that originated in the United States in the late 1940s and 1950s.

How to Memorize "rocked"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a baby being gently rocked in a cradle. Imagine the back-and-forth motion of the cradle.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'rocked' with the feeling of calmness and relaxation, as in being rocked to sleep.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Rocks the Cradle' to remember the past tense and past participle form of the verb 'rock'.

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