rocker

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English rokker, rockere, rokkere, equivalent to rock +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒk.ə(ɹ)/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑ.kɚ/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɹɔk.ə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -ɒkə(ɹ) === Noun === 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.) All modern surfboards share a similar rocker design — Bruce Jones [1] The breve below as in ḫ. Someone passionate about rock music. A musician who plays rock music. (informal) A rock music song. September 2010, Pitchfork Media, The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s [2] "Girls & Boys" is […] also a tart, sneering rocker, full of ingenious musical gestures […] 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. A kind of electrical switch with a spring-loaded actuator. (engineering) A rock shaft. (military) A curved line accompanying the chevrons that denote rank, qualifying the rank with a grade. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Corker, Croker, corker, croker, re-rock, recork, rerock == Danish == === Noun === rocker c (singular definite rockeren, plural indefinite rockere) An outlaw biker == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English rocker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.kər/ Hyphenation: roc‧ker Rhymes: -ɔkər === Noun === rocker m (plural rockers, diminutive rockertje n) a rocker (rock musician or rock fan) a rocker (rock song) ==== Related terms ==== rockster == French == === Etymology === From rock +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁɔ.ke/ === Verb === rocker to rock (play or enjoy rock music) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== rock rockeur m / rockeuse f === Further reading === “rocker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English rocker. === Noun === rocker m (plural rockeri) rock music musician or fan ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English rocker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrokeɾ/ [ˈro.keɾ] Rhymes: -okeɾ === Noun === rocker m (plural rockeres) (rare) rocker (rock musician)