rocker
Meaning
- A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.
- A rocking chair.
- The lengthwise curvature of a surfboard. (More rocker is a more curved board.)
- The breve below as in ḫ.
- Someone passionate about rock music.
- A musician who plays rock music.
- (informal) A rock music song.
- One who rocks something.
- (UK) A member of a British subculture of the 1960s, opposed to the mods, who dressed in black leather and were interested in 1950s music.
- Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, such as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.
- A tool with small teeth that roughens a metal plate to produce tonality in mezzotints.
- A rocking horse.
- A rocker board.
- A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.
- A kind of electrical switch with a spring-loaded actuator.
- A rock shaft.
- A curved line accompanying the chevrons that denote rank, qualifying the rank with a grade.
Synonyms
rock ’n’ roll musician
rocker arm
rocking lever
cross-beam
rocking-turn
swing rocker
thornback ray
rocking bar
jointed arm
radius link
rocking turn
shaking table
rock shaft
table concentrator
maiden ray
thornback maid ray
thornback rough ray
thornback skate
rocker panel
body rocker
shoulder-yoke
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹɒk.ə(ɹ)/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English rokker, rockere, rokkere, equivalent to rock + -er.
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