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n. controlling influence

v. cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently"

v. move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"

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might, mightiness, power

n. physical strength

cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch

v. heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"

lurch, pitch, shift

v. move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"

roll

v. move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas"

gyrate, spiral, coil

v. to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"

rotate, circumvolve

v. cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"

whirl, tumble, whirl around

v. fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"

whirl, birl, spin, twirl

v. cause to spin; "spin a coin"

pitch

v. fall or plunge forward; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony"

careen, wobble, shift, tilt

v. move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"

nod

v. sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion; "the flowers were nodding in the breeze"

flip, toss

v. lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"

roll, undulate, flap, wave

v. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"

teeter, seesaw, totter

v. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

flail, thresh

v. move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"

twist, wriggle, squirm, wrestle, worm, writhe

v. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch

v. heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"

teeter, seesaw, totter

v. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

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