rocker
A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that…A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.
» Tom was sitting in his rocker.
Meaning
17 sensesA curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.
Wiege, Wippe, Schaukelbrett
коромы́слоkoromýslo, баланси́рbalansír
A rocking chair.
Schaukelstuhl
кре́сло-кача́лкаkréslo-kačálka, кача́лкаkačálka
a chair mounted on rockers
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.
Rocker, Rockerin
ро́керróker
a performer or composer or fan of rock music
A musician who plays rock music.
Rocker, Rockerin, Rockmusiker
(informal)A rock music song.
One who rocks something.
an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle
(UK)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.
Examples
13 sentencesTom was sitting in his rocker.
You don't look like a punk rocker.
Tom is off his rocker.
ruУ Тома не все дома.
Are you off your rocker?
ruТы рехнулся?
deHast du noch alle Tassen im Schrank?
Have you gone off your rocker?
Ти з глузду з'їхав?
ruТы спятил?
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English rokker, rockere, rokkere, equivalent to rock + -er.From Middle English rokker, rockere, rokkere, equivalent to rock + -er.
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Forms
plural: rockersSynonyms
3 synonyms- 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:cradle
- a performer or composer or fan of rock music:rock 'n' roll musician
- a chair mounted on rockers:rocking chair