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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

  1. noun A hard natural mineral material, or a piece of it such as a stone or boulder.
  2. noun A style of popular music with a strong beat, driven by electric guitar, bass, and drums.
  3. noun Someone or something that provides steady support and stability.
  4. verb To move gently backward and forward, or to cause something to do so.
  5. verb To shake something violently, or to shock and disturb people deeply.

seesaw — full definition

  1. 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.
  2. noun A pattern of repeated back-and-forth or up-and-down swings, especially in feelings, opinions, or results.
  3. verb To swing repeatedly back and forth between two states or positions.

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