schaukeln — meaning in English
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English meaning
- rock noun A hard natural mineral material, or a piece of it such as a stone or boulder.
- seesaw noun A playground plank balanced in the middle so that a person on one end goes up as the person on the other goes down.
- sway verb To move slowly and rhythmically from side to side.
- swing verb To move back and forth or in a circular path while hanging from a fixed point.
Senses
schaukeln is used for these senses in English:
- rock (transitive, and, intransitive) To move gently back and forth.
- rock (intransitive) To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
- sway (transitive) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.
- swing (intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
- swing (intransitive) To ride on a swing.
rock — full definition
- noun A hard natural mineral material, or a piece of it such as a stone or boulder.
- noun A style of popular music with a strong beat, driven by electric guitar, bass, and drums.
- noun Someone or something that provides steady support and stability.
- verb To move gently backward and forward, or to cause something to do so.
- verb To shake something violently, or to shock and disturb people deeply.
seesaw — full definition
- noun A playground plank balanced in the middle so that a person on one end goes up as the person on the other goes down.
- noun A pattern of repeated back-and-forth or up-and-down swings, especially in feelings, opinions, or results.
- verb To swing repeatedly back and forth between two states or positions.