rocker
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rocker
- /ˈɹɒk.ə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈɹɑ.kɚ/ US
- /ˈɹɔk.ə(ɹ)/ Australia
Rhymes with -ɒkə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English rokker, rockere, rokkere, equivalent to rock + -er.
noun rockers
- A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth. The cradle-rockers had done hard duty for so many years, under the weight of so many children, on that flagstone floor, that they were worn nearly flat, in consequence of which a huge jerk accompanied each swing of the cot, flinging the baby from side to side like a weaver's shuttle, as Mrs Durbeyfi
- A rocking chair. A few days before he turned 80 He was sittin' out back in a rocker
- The lengthwise curvature of a surfboard. (More rocker is a more curved board.) All modern surfboards share a similar rocker design — Bruce Jones https://web.archive.org/web/20051212041317/http://www.brucejones.com/longboar.htm
- The breve below as in ḫ. Like the editors of other Elamite texts, I omit the diacritic rocker from h in Elamite and from H in logograms in Elamite texts. I retain the rocker in ḫ and Ḫ in Sumerian and Akkadian.
- Someone passionate about rock music.
- A musician who plays rock music.
- A rock music song. "Girls & Boys" is […] also a tart, sneering rocker, full of ingenious musical gestures […]
- One who rocks something. It was I Sir (ſaid the Rocker) who had the honour (ſome thirty years ſince) to attend on your Highneſs in your Infancie, […]
- 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. Cadet Sergeant First Class: 3 Chevrons and 2 rockers. Cadet Master Sergeant: 3 Chevrons and 3 rockers. Cadet First Sergeant: 3 Chevrons, 3 rockers with a diamond inset.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: rocking chair, chair, wheelchair, ball, stamping, swing, tilting, chevron, switch, rock, runner, rolling chair, revolving chair, crank, castor, cradle
Translations
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noun curved piece of wood
| Deutsch | Wiege, Wippe, Schaukelbrett, Kufe |
|---|---|
| Русский | коромы́сло koromýslo, баланси́р balansír |
noun Hence, a rocking chair
| Deutsch | Schaukelstuhl |
|---|---|
| Italiano | sedia a dondolo |
| Русский | кре́сло-кача́лка kréslo-kačálka, кача́лка kačálka |
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