Definition

1. Noun:
   • A curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro: A curved piece, typically of wood or metal, attached to the bottom of a chair or cradle, allowing it to move back and forth.
   • A chair mounted on rockers: A rocking chair.
   • A performer or composer or fan of rock music: A person involved with rock music, either as a musician or an enthusiast.
   • A teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles: A member of a youth subculture associated with rock and roll music, motorcycles, and a specific style of dress.
   • An attendant who rocks a child in a cradle: A person, often a nurse or caregiver, who rocks a cradle to soothe a child.
   • An ice skate with a curved blade: A type of skate used for figure skating or rocker turns, characterized by a curved blade profile.
   • A trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold: A mining tool, also called a cradle, used in placer mining.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Curved Support):
  • One of the wooden rockers on the antique chair broke.
• Noun (Chair):
  • She sat in the old rocker by the fireplace.
• Noun (Music Enthusiast):
  • He's been a dedicated rocker since the 1970s.
• Noun (1960s Subculture):
  • The film depicted clashes between mods and rockers.
• Noun (Attendant):
  • The nurse acted as a gentle rocker for the infants.
• Noun (Ice Skate):
  • Advanced skaters prefer a skate with more rocker for better maneuverability.
• Noun (Mining Trough):
  • The prospector used a rocker to sift for gold in the stream.

Advanced Usage

• "Off one's rocker" (Idiom): Crazy or insane.
  • If you think that's a good plan, you're off your rocker.

Variants and Related Words

• Rock (verb): To move gently back and forth.
• Rocking (adjective): Moving with a rocking motion.
• Rocking chair (noun): A chair mounted on rockers.
• Rocker switch (noun): An electrical switch that rocks back and forth to turn a circuit on or off.

Synonyms

• Rocking chair (for the chair).
• Fan, enthusiast (for the music sense).
• Lunatic, madman (for the idiom "off one's rocker").

Related Phrasal Verbs

(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs.)

Related Idioms

• Off one's rocker: Mentally unstable or irrational.
  • He must be off his rocker to go out in this storm.

Noun

1. a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro
2. an ice skate with a curved blade
3. a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold
4. a chair mounted on rockers
5. a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles
6. a performer or composer or fan of rock music
7. an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle