rocker
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒk.ə(ɹ)/
The English word “rocker” has 17 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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.
- A rock music song.
- One who rocks something.
- 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.
Etymology
From Middle English rokker, rockere, rokkere, equivalent to rock + -er.
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