rockabye

1. (ambitransitive) To rock soothingly.Examples: "“We have a Chopin player in the house,” he said. And with a tiny smile he rockabyed the opening phrase of the Ballade and turned his head to look straight at Katie."; "It was a pleasant day, the boat rockabyed in the slight chop and by late afternoon I was more nearly asleep than awake."; "From the lowliest panhandler on the street to the worthiest recipient of today’s social security benefits we are being “spoiled rotten” and rockabyed to sleep to the strains of that haunting lullaby known as the Beggar-American Rhapsody “Gimme gimme, gimme gimme gimme.”"ambitransitive