Synonyms: hesitate, waver, falter, stagger, totter, vacillate, wobble, lurch
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ɹɒk/ |
| Hyphenation | rock |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑮𐑪𐑒 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) rock | (I) rocked |
| (thou) rockest | (thou) rockedst |
| (he) rocks, rocketh | (he) rocked |
| (we) rock | (we) rocked |
| (you) rock | (you) rocked |
| (they) rock | (they) rocked |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) rock | (I) rocked |
| (thou) rock | (thou) rocked |
| (he) rock | (he) rocked |
| (we) rock | (we) rocked |
| (you) rock | (you) rocked |
| (they) rock | (they) rocked |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| rocking | rocked |
| Afrikaans | wankel |
|---|---|
| Czech | váhat |
| Danish | tøve |
| Dutch | wankelen |
| Esperanto | ŝanceliĝi |
| Faeroese | ridla; sveiggja |
| French | barguigner; hésiter |
| German | taumeln; wackeln; zagen; zaudern; zögern |
| Italian | esitare; titubare |
| Portuguese | hesitar; vacilar |
| Saterland Frisian | duusje; nulje; slakkerje; suumje; swabbelje; swonkje; swooie; trieselje; tuntelje; tuumelje; wiggelje; wriggelje |
| Spanish | titubear; vacilar |
| West Frisian | skytskoarje; wifkje |