rock·er /ˈrɑkɚ/
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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. Same as Rock shaft.
Rocker arm Mach., an arm borne by a rock shaft.
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rocker
n 1: an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle
2: a performer or composer or fan of rock music [syn: rock 'n'
roll musician]
3: a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather
jackets and rode motorcycles
4: a chair mounted on rockers [syn: rocking chair]
5: a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in
water in order to separate the gold [syn: cradle]
6: an ice skate with a curved blade
7: a curved support that permits the supported object to rock
to and fro