Usually means: Lullaby to soothe and sleep.
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  1. rockabye: Merriam-Webster
  2. rockabye: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Rockabye: Wordnik
  4. rockabye: Dictionary.com
  5. Rockabye (Clean Bandit song), Rockabye (album), Rockabye (song), Rockabye: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. rockabye: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. rockabye: Wiktionary

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  1. Rockabye: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rockabye)

▸ verb:  (ambitransitive) To rock soothingly.
▸ noun:  A soothing rocking motion.

Similar:
rock, cradle, lullaby, hushaby, outrock, sleep, put to sleep, relax, rhapsody, repose, more...

Opposite:
wake up, stay awake, rouse



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Similar:
rock, cradle, lullaby, hushaby, outrock, sleep, put to sleep, relax, rhapsody, repose, more...

Opposite:
wake up, stay awake, rouse



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