| n. | 1. | One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle. | ||||||
| 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.
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| Noun | 1. | rocker - an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle |
| 2. | rocker - a performer or composer or fan of rock music Synonyms: rock 'n' roll musician | |
| 3. | rocker - a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles | |
| 4. | rocker - a chair mounted on rockers Synonyms: rocking chair | |
| 5. | rocker - a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold Synonyms: cradle | |
| 6. | rocker - an ice skate with a curved blade | |
| 7. | rocker - a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro |
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