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Rocker

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Noun

1. rocker

an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle

2. rock 'n' roll musician, rocker

a performer or composer or fan of rock music

3. rocker

a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles

4. rocker, rocking chair

a chair mounted on rockers

5. cradle, rocker

a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold

6. rocker

an ice skate with a curved blade

7. rocker

a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rocker

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noun
1. 
any of various devices that transmit or operate with a rocking motion
See also rocker arm
2.  another word for rocking chair
3. 
either of two curved supports on the legs of a chair or other article of furniture on which it may rock
4. 
a steel tool with a curved toothed cage, used to roughen the copper plate in engraving a mezzotint
5. mining another word for cradle (sense 9)
6. 
a. 
an ice skate with a curved blade
b. 
the curve itself
7. skating
a. 
a figure consisting of three interconnecting circles
b. 
a half turn in which the skater turns through 180°, so facing about while continuing to move in the same direction
8. 
a rock-music performer, fan, or song
9. British
an adherent of a youth movement rooted in the 1950s, characterized by motorcycle trappings
Compare mod1
10.  off one's rocker

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Rocker

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noun
1. 
a person who rocks a cradle, etc.
2. 
either of the curved pieces on the bottom of a cradle, rocking chair, etc.
3.  US
rocking chair
4. 
a cradle for washing sand or gravel in gold mining
5. 
a small steel plate with a toothed and curved edge, for roughening and thus preparing the surface of a mezzotint plate
6. 
one of the curved stripes below the chevron of a noncommissioned officer above sergeant
7.  US, Informal
a. 
a performer, fan, etc. of rock music
b. 
a rock song performed with a heavily accented rhythm at a fast tempo

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rocker

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n.
1. One that rocks, as:
a. A rocking chair.
b. A rocking horse.
2. One of the two curved pieces upon which a cradle, rocking chair, or similar device rocks.
3. A cradle used for washing or panning ores.
4. A small curved blade with a toothed edge used in mezzotint engraving to roughen the surface of the metal plate.
5. An object having a curved form, as the keel of a ship or a skate blade sharpened in a curve.
6. A curved stripe at the bottom part of a chevron worn by noncommissioned officers above the rank of sergeant.
7. Music
a. A rock song, singer, or musician.
b. A fan of rock music.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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