Definition of Rocker

1. Noun. An attendant who rocks a child in a cradle.

Generic synonyms: Attendant, Attender, Tender
Derivative terms: Rock

2. Noun. A performer or composer or fan of rock music.
Exact synonyms: Rock 'n' Roll Musician
Generic synonyms: Instrumentalist, Musician, Player
Specialized synonyms: Rock Star

3. Noun. A teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles.

4. Noun. A chair mounted on rockers.
Exact synonyms: Rocking Chair
Specialized synonyms: Boston Rocker, Platform Rocker, Shoofly
Generic synonyms: Chair
Terms within: Round, Rung, Stave
Derivative terms: Rock

5. 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.
Exact synonyms: Cradle
Generic synonyms: Trough
Derivative terms: Cradle

6. Noun. An ice skate with a curved blade.
Generic synonyms: Ice Skate

7. Noun. A curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro.
Group relationships: Cradle, Hobby, Hobbyhorse, Rocking Horse, Rocking Chair
Generic synonyms: Support
Derivative terms: Rock

Definition of Rocker

1. n. One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle.

Definition of Rocker

1. a rocking chair [n -S]

Medical Definition of Rocker

1. 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. Same as Rock shaft. Rocker arm, an arm borne by a rock shaft. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rocker

rockabies
rockabillies
rockabilly
rockable
rockaby
rockabye
rockabyes
rockaway
rockaways
rockbound
rockchuck
rockcress
rocked
Rockefeller
rocker (current term)
rocker (current term)
rockeries
rockers
rockery
rockery
rocker arm
rocket
rocket
rocket-propelled
rocketed
rocketeer
rocketeers
rocketer
rocketers
rocketing

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