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rocker

/ˈɹɒkə(ɹ)/

noun

Meaning

  • 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.)

    "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.

  • 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 rock shaft.