Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used to lull an infant or child to sleep.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The very last thing that they like to do before they climb into bed is to have me "rock-a-bye" them.
Archive 2005-10-01 Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur 2005
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Matt told me that he had been writing down all the things I say and sing to you, that he'd strain to overhear my little poems and rock-a-bye rhymes.
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas Patterson, James, 1947- 2001
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But one can get accustomed to anything -- even to the high rock-a-bye tossing of great billows that really don't want to put you to sleep so much as to knock you to pieces.
The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches Marie Corelli 1889
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It fitted the axle but was some two or three inches larger in diameter than the other rear wheel and, moreover, it was flat on one side, so that when they started to conclude their journey the motion of the carriage was something startling -- a "rock-a-bye baby ride" Mary Louise called it.
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Programmed into the seat are five movement modes: car ride, kangaroo, tree swing, rock-a-bye, and ocean.
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The same rock-a-bye procedure could lead to more success for
Livescience.com 2010
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9 Hush-a-Bye Baby image †This color trading card has a drawing from the late 1880s which demonstrates the absurdity of the rock-a-bye baby nursery rhyme.
Historical Baby Gear Images and Other Strangeness | Thingamababy 2006
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