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rocker.

A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɹɒk.ə(ɹ)/UK/ˈɹɑ.kɚ/US/ˈɹɔk.ə(ɹ)/Australia
  1. A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.

  2. A rocking chair.

  3. The lengthwise curvature of a surfboard. (More rocker is a more curved board.)

  4. The breve below as in ḫ.

  5. Someone passionate about rock music.

  6. A musician who plays rock music.

  7. A rock music song.

    informal
  8. One who rocks something.

  9. A member of a British subculture of the 1960s, opposed to the mods, who dressed in black leather and were interested in 1950s music.

    UK
  10. 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.

  11. A tool with small teeth that roughens a metal plate to produce tonality in mezzotints.

  12. A rocking horse.

  13. A rocker board.

  14. A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.

  15. A kind of electrical switch with a spring-loaded actuator.

  16. A rock shaft.

  17. A curved line accompanying the chevrons that denote rank, qualifying the rank with a grade.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English rokker, rockere, rokkere, equivalent to rock + -er.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.