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rocker

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒk.ə(ɹ)/

The English word “rocker” has 17 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.
  2. A rocking chair.
  3. The lengthwise curvature of a surfboard. (More rocker is a more curved board.)
  4. The breve below as in ḫ.
  5. Someone passionate about rock music.
  6. A musician who plays rock music.
  7. A rock music song.
  8. One who rocks something.
  9. A member of a British subculture of the 1960s, opposed to the mods, who dressed in black leather and were interested in 1950s music.
  10. 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.
  11. A tool with small teeth that roughens a metal plate to produce tonality in mezzotints.
  12. A rocking horse.
  13. A rocker board.
  14. A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.
  15. A kind of electrical switch with a spring-loaded actuator.
  16. A rock shaft.
  17. 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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