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rocker
[rok-er]
noun
Also called runner.one of the curved pieces on which a cradle or a rocking chair rocks.
a performer or fan of rock-'n'-roll. music.
a rock-'n'-roll song.
She sang a ballad and followed that with two of her well-known rockers.
any of various devices that operate with a rocking motion.
Graphic Arts.a small steel plate with one curved and toothed edge for roughening a copperplate to make a mezzotint.
Mining.cradle.
an ice skate that has a curved blade.
rocker
/ ˈɒə /
noun
any of various devices that transmit or operate with a rocking motion See also rocker arm
another word for rocking chair
either of two curved supports on the legs of a chair or other article of furniture on which it may rock
a steel tool with a curved toothed cage, used to roughen the copper plate in engraving a mezzotint
mining another word for cradle
an ice skate with a curved blade
the curve itself
skating
a figure consisting of three interconnecting circles
a half turn in which the skater turns through 180°, so facing about while continuing to move in the same direction
a rock-music performer, fan, or song
an adherent of a youth movement rooted in the 1950s, characterized by motorcycle trappings Compare mod 1
slangcrazy; demented
51Թ History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
off one's rocker, insane; crazy.
You're off your rocker if you think I'm going to climb that mountain.
Example Sentences
The rockers have recently had their first number one album and have developed a huge following with breakout viral hits - all while remaining anonymous behind custom-designed masks.
The American rockers had been due to play a series of dates including at Cardiff's Blackweir Fields and a headline slot at the Lytham Festival in Lancashire this summer.
The Canadian-American rocker laid into the president in a post to his website on Tuesday, asking him to get his priorities straight and focus on the business of running the country.
Brothers Shawn and Mark Stern were already veteran punk rockers when they first started Punk Rock Bowling 25 years ago.
During the second show of his “Land of Hopes and Dreams” tour in Manchester, England, the rocker spoke out against Trump again, a day after the president criticized him on social media.
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When To Use
A rocker is a type of cradle for babies that’s used to gently rock them from side to side to calm them down or get them to fall asleep. It should not be confused with a bouncer, which is a kind of seat that allows older babies to stand up and bounce up and down.Rocker can also be used as another name for a rocking chair, or one of the two curved pieces on which it sits that allow it to rock back and forth. Such pieces are also found on other kinds of furniture, such as cradles. They can also be called runners.Rocker can refer to a rock musician, a fan of rock music, or a rock song that especially rocks (meaning it’s an intense example of the hard-driving beat and other qualities associated with rock music, all turned up to 11). These senses of the word can sound a bit outdated.Rocker is also used in the phrase off one’s rocker, which means about the same thing as out of one’s mind—delusional or completely irrational.Example: It’s a miracle how well this rocker works at getting my baby to calm down—thanks, Lemmy!
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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