About The Word Rocker
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Rocker
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What's The Definition Of Rocker?
[n] a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro
[n] an ice skate with a curved blade [n] a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold [n] a chair mounted on rockers [n] (British) a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles [n] a performer or composer or fan of rock music [n] an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle Synonyms | Synonyms for Rocker: rock 'n' roll musician Related Terms | Find terms related to Rocker: See Also | adolescent | attendant | attender | bikers | Boston rocker | chair | cockhorse | cradle | hobby | hobbyhorse | ice skate | instrumentalist | musician | platform rocker | player | rock star | rocker | rockers | rocking chair | rocking horse | round | rung | shoofly | stave | stick horse | stripling | support | teenager | tender | trough Rocker In Webster's Dictionary \Rock"er\, n.
1. One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle.
It was I, sir, said the rocker, who had the honor,
some thirty years since, to attend on your highness
in your infancy. --Fuller.
2. One of the curving pieces of wood or metal on which a
cradle, chair, etc., rocks.
3. Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, as
a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from
gravel, etc., by agitation in water.
4. A play horse on rockers; a rocking-horse.
5. A chair mounted on rockers; a rocking-chair.
6. A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape
the rocker of a cradle.
7. (Mach.) Same as {Rock shaft}.
{Rocker arm} (Mach.), an arm borne by a rock shaft.
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