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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

  1. 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
  2. A rocking chair. A few days before he turned 80 He was sittin' out back in a rocker
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. Someone passionate about rock music.
  6. A musician who plays rock music.
  7. informal A rock music song. "Girls & Boys" is […] also a tart, sneering rocker, full of ingenious musical gestures […]
  8. 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, […]
  9. 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.
  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. 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

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noun curved piece of wood

DeutschWiege, Wippe, Schaukelbrett, Kufe
Русскийкоромы́сло koromýslo, баланси́р balansír

noun Hence, a rocking chair

DeutschSchaukelstuhl
Italianosedia a dondolo
Русскийкре́сло-кача́лка kréslo-kačálka, кача́лка kačálka

noun Someone passionate about rock music

Españolroquero, roquera, rockero, rockera
Portuguêsroqueiro, roqueira
DeutschRocker, Rockerin
Ελληνικάροκάς rokás
Русскийро́кер róker

noun musician who plays rock music

Españolroquero, roquera, rockero, rockera
Portuguêsroqueiro, roqueira
Françaisrockeur, rockeuse
DeutschRocker, Rockerin, Rockmusiker, Rockmusikerin

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@misc{rocker_2026,
  title = {rocker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rocker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}