rocker
(noun) a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro
rocker
(noun) an ice skate with a curved blade
rocker, cradle
(noun) 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
rocker
(noun) a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles
rocker, rock 'n' roll musician
(noun) a performer or composer or fan of rock music
rocker
(noun) an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rocker (plural rockers)
A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.
A rocking chair.
(surfing) The lengthwise curvature of a surfboard. (More rocker is a more curved board.)
The breve below as in ḫ.
Someone passionate about rock music.
A musician who plays rock music.
(informal) A rock music song.
One who rocks something.
(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.
A rocker board.
A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.
(engineering) A rock shaft.
• Corker, Croker, corker, croker, re-rock, recork, rerock
Source: Wiktionary
Rock"er, n.
1. One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle. It was I, sir, said the rocker, who had the honor, some thirty years since, to attend on your highness in your infancy. Fuller.
2. One of the curving pieces of wood or metal on which a cradle, chair, etc., rocks.
3. Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.
4. A play horse on rockers; a rocking-horse.
5. A chair mounted on rockers; a rocking-chair.
6. A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.
7. (Mach.)
Definition: Same as Rock shaft. Rocker arm (Mach.), an arm borne by a rock shaft. To be off one's rocker, to be insane.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
