rocking rhythm

noun

, Prosody.

1. a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of metrical feet each of which consists of one accented syllable between two unaccented ones.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rocking rhythm¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

His mother rocked and gurgled and rushed, and then she found some local point of stability and settled into a soft rocking rhythm.

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