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rocker
English
Etymology
From Middle English rokker, rockere, rokkere, equivalent to rock +? -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???k?(?)/
- Rhymes: -?k?(r)
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 ?.
- 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 […]
- September 2010, Pitchfork Media, The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s [2]
- One who rocks something.
- 1645, Thomas Fuller, Good Thoughts in Bad Times
- It was I, sir, said the rocker, who had the honour, some thirty years since, to attend on your highness in your infancy.
- 1645, Thomas Fuller, Good Thoughts in Bad Times
- (Britain) 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.
- 2000, Mark Collantes, The Academy (page 66)
- Cadet Sergeant First Class: 3 Chevrons and 2 rockers. Cadet Master Sergeant: 3 Chevrons and 3 rockers. Cadet First Sergeant: 3 Chevrons, 3 rockers with a diamond inset.
- 2000, Mark Collantes, The Academy (page 66)
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): /?r?.k?r/
- Hyphenation: roc?ker
- Rhymes: -?k?r
Noun
rocker m (plural rockers, diminutive rockertje n)
- A rocker (rock musician or rock fan).
- A rocker (rock song).
Related terms
- rockster
French
Etymology
rock +? -er
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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Etymology
From English rocker.
Noun
rocker m (plural rockeres)
- (rare) rocker (rock musician)
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crocker
English
Etymology
crock +? -er. The first written record of the word crocker dates back to 1315 AD. It might have been the common Anglo-Saxon term for potter before 1066 AD. It has also been used as a surname.
Noun
crocker (plural crockers)
- a potter.
See also
- croker
References
- Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1] (etymology)
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