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rocker
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rock·er  (rkr)
n.
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.
Idiom:
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
Noun1.rockerrocker - an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle
attendant, attender, tender - someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
2.rocker - a performer or composer or fan of rock music
instrumentalist, musician, player - someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
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
adolescent, stripling, teen, teenager - a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
4.rockerrocker - 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
rung, stave, round - a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
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 [ˈrɒkəʳ] N
1. [of cradle etc] → balancín m (US) (= chair) → mecedora f, mecedor m (LAm)
to be off one's rockerestar majareta
2. (Mus) (= person) → rockero/a m/f
rocker [ˈrɒkər] n
(= musician) → rocker m, rockeur/euse m/f
(mainly US) (= chair) → rocking-chair m
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


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