rock·er (r k  r)n. Idiom: 1. One that rocks, as: a. A rocking chair. b. A rocking horse. 2. One of the two curved pieces upon which a cradle, rocking chair, or similar device rocks. 3. A cradle used for washing or panning ores. 4. A small curved blade with a toothed edge used in mezzotint engraving to roughen the surface of the metal plate. 5. An object having a curved form, as the keel of a ship or a skate blade sharpened in a curve. 6. A curved stripe at the bottom part of a chevron worn by noncommissioned officers above the rank of sergeant. 7. Music a. A rock 'n' roll song, singer, or musician. b. A fan of rock 'n' roll. off (one's) rocker Slang Out of one's mind; crazy. |
rocker [ˈrɒkə]
n
1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) any of various devices that transmit or operate with a rocking motion See also rocker arm
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) another word for rocking chair
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) either of two curved supports on the legs of a chair or other article of furniture on which it may rock
4. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (Engineering / Tools) a steel tool with a curved toothed cage, used to roughen the copper plate in engraving a mezzotint
5. (Mining & Quarrying) Mining another word for cradle [9]
6. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Ice Skating)
a. an ice skate with a curved blade
b. the curve itself
7. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Ice Skating) Skating
a. a figure consisting of three interconnecting circles
b. a half turn in which the skater turns through 180°, so facing about while continuing to move in the same direction
8. (Music / Pop Music) a rock-music performer, fan, or song
9. Brit an adherent of a youth movement rooted in the 1950s, characterized by motorcycle trappings Compare mod1
off one's rocker Slang crazy; demented
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  rocker - an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle |
| 2. | rocker - a performer or composer or fan of rock music rock star - a famous singer of rock music | |
| 3. | rocker - a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles bikers, rockers - originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s; wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots; had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock'n'roll; were largely unskilled manual laborers Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom | |
| 4. |  rocker - a chair mounted on rockers Boston rocker - a rocking chair that has a high spindle back and a decorative top panel chair - a seat for one person, with a support for the back; "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down" platform rocker - rocking chair on a stationary base rocker - a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro shoofly - a child's rocking chair with the seat built between two flat sides that are shaped to resemble an animal (such as a swan or duck) | |
| 5. | rocker - a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold trough - a long narrow shallow receptacle | |
| 6. | rocker - an ice skate with a curved blade ice skate - skate consisting of a boot with a steel blade fitted to the sole | |
| 7. | rocker - a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro cradle - a baby bed with sides and rockers rocking horse, hobby, hobbyhorse - a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride rocking chair, rocker - a chair mounted on rockers support - any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf" |
Translations
rocker
n
(of cradle etc) → Kufe f; to be off one’s rocker (inf) → übergeschnappt sein (inf); to go off one’s rocker (inf) → überschnappen (inf)
(sl: = person) → Rocker(in) m(f)
(Aut: also rocker arm) → Kipphebel m
rocker [ˈrɒkəʳ] n (chair) → sedia a dondolo
to be off one's rocker (fam) → essere pazzo/a
rocker [ˈrɒkəʳ] n (chair) → sedia a dondolo
to be off one's rocker (fam) → essere pazzo/a
to be off one's rocker (fam) → essere pazzo/a
rocker [ˈrɒkəʳ] n (chair) → sedia a dondolo
to be off one's rocker (fam) → essere pazzo/a
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