Rocker (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. one of the curved pieces on which a cradle or a rocking chair rocks.
  2. rocking chair.
  3. a performer or fan of rock-'n'-roll. music.
  4. a rock-'n'-roll song: She sang a ballad and followed that with two of her well-known rockers.
  5. any of various devices that operate with a rocking motion.
  6. a small steel plate with one curved and toothed edge for roughening a copperplate to make a mezzotint.
  7. cradle (def. 13).
  8. an ice skate that has a curved blade.
Idioms
  1. insane; crazy: You're off your rocker if you think I'm going to climb that mountain.
noun
  1. any of various devices that transmit or operate with a rocking motion
  2. another word for rocking chair
  3. either of two curved supports on the legs of a chair or other article of furniture on which it may rock
  4. a steel tool with a curved toothed cage, used to roughen the copper plate in engraving a mezzotint
  5. mining another word for cradle (def. 9)
    • an ice skate with a curved blade
    • the curve itself
  6. skating
    • a figure consisting of three interconnecting circles
    • a half turn in which the skater turns through 180°, so facing about while continuing to move in the same direction
  7. a rock-music performer, fan, or song
  8. an adherent of a youth movement rooted in the 1950s, characterized by motorcycle trappings
  9. crazy; demented
Rocker (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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