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Verb Sallamak Rock Transitive Rocked  /Rɒk  Rɑːk  Sallanmak

Level C1 
Kind verb
Front rock 
IPA  /rɒk  ; US rɑːk  / verb
Back sallanmak; sallamak
Back 2

rock (verb)

 /rɒk  ; US rɑːk  / verb
 
 1 [intransitive, transitive]
to move backwards and forwards or from side to side; to make sb/sth do this
sallanmak; sallamak
 boats rocking gently on the waves
 He rocked the baby in his arms to get her to sleep.
 2 [transitive]
to shake sth violently
sarsmak, sallamak
 The city was rocked by a bomb blast.
 3 [transitive]
to shock sb
çalkalamak, sarsmak
 The country was rocked by the news of the riots.
IDIOM
rock the boat
to do sth that causes problems or upsets people
sorun çıkarmak
 They employ mainly quiet people who won't complain and rock the boat.
 

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