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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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glider
English
Etymology
From Middle English glider, glydare, equivalent to glide +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: gl?'d?(r), IPA(key): /??la?d?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /??la?d?/
- Rhymes: -a?d?(r)
Noun
glider (plural gliders)
- One who glides.
- Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
- A pilot of glider aircraft.
- Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the gliding possum.
- Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”)
- A kind of garden swing.
- 1978, Tom Reamy, Blind Voices (2003), page 73
- Francine sat in the glider on the porch, swinging lightly, her mind a thousand miles away. The chain squeaked a little, almost like a cricket.
- 2011, Mary Biever, He Uses It For Good!, page 5
- Then I went into the backyard, which had a flower-covered arbor, a small garden wall, and room behind it for a garden. Swings and gliders adorned the yard.
- 1978, Tom Reamy, Blind Voices (2003), page 73
- (mathematics) In the Game of Life cellular automaton, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
- Hypernym: spaceship
- 2008, Derek Abbott, Paul C. W. Davies, Arun Kumar Pati, Quantum Aspects Of Life (page 246)
- In Conway's Life interesting effects can be obtained by colliding gliders.
- A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain.
- (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.
Hyponyms
- hang glider, motor glider, paraglider, sailplane
Derived terms
- glider gun
- sugar glider
Translations
Further reading
- glider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Gilder, gilder, girdle, girled, gridle, regild, ridgel
Swedish
Verb
glider
- present tense of glida.
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