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.
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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. — sharptoothed
Are you off your rocker?
ruТы рехнулся? — Arkadeko
deHast du noch alle Tassen im Schrank? — Hans07
Have you gone off your rocker?
Ти з глузду з'їхав? — Wordowl
ruТы спятил? — wondersz1
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
Word family
24 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.