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noun
A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.
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A rocking chair.
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The lengthwise curvature of a surfboard. (More rocker is a more curved board.)
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Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing
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noun
The breve below as in ḫ.
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Someone passionate about rock music.
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A musician who plays rock music.
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A rock music song.
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Usage: informal
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noun
One who rocks something.
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A member of a British subculture of the 1960s, opposed to the mods, who dressed in black leather and were interested in 1950s music.
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Usage: UK
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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.
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A tool with small teeth that roughens a metal plate to produce tonality in mezzotints.
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A rocking horse.
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A rocker board.
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A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.
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A kind of electrical switch with a spring-loaded actuator.
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A rock shaft.
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Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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A curved line accompanying the chevrons that denote rank, qualifying the rank with a grade.
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Topics: government, military, politics, war
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a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro
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Broader terms: support
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an ice skate with a curved blade
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Broader terms: ice skate
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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
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Synonyms: cradle
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Broader terms: trough
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a chair mounted on rockers
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Synonyms: rocking chair
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Broader terms: chair
Narrower terms: Boston rocker, platform rocker, shoofly
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a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles
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Broader terms: adolescent, stripling, teenager, teen
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a performer or composer or fan of rock music
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Synonyms: rock 'n' roll musician
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Broader terms: musician, instrumentalist, player
Narrower terms: rock star
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an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle
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Broader terms: attendant, attender, tender
History
From Middle English rokker, rockere, rokkere, equivalent to rock + -er.
Across languages
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
