rocker means A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 66 out of 100.
rocker is pronounced /ˈɹɒk.ə(ɹ)/.
Etymology
From Middle English rokker, rockere, rokkere, equivalent to rock + -er.
noun
- A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.“The cradle-rockers had done hard duty for so many years, under the weight of so many children, on that flagstone floor, that they were worn nearly flat, in consequence of which a huge jerk accompanied each swing of the cot, flinging the baby from side to side like a weaver's shuttle, as Mrs Durbeyfield, excited by her song, trod the rocker with all the spring that was left in her after a long day'”
- A rocking chair.“A few days before he turned 80
He was sittin' out back in a rocker”
- The lengthwise curvature of a surfboard. (More rocker is a more curved board.)“All modern surfboards share a similar rocker design — Bruce Jones https://web.archive.org/web/20051212041317/http://www.brucejones.com/longboar.htm”
- The breve below as in ḫ.“Like the editors of other Elamite texts, I omit the diacritic rocker from h in Elamite and from H in logograms in Elamite texts. I retain the rocker in ḫ and Ḫ in Sumerian and Akkadian.”
- Someone passionate about rock music.
- A musician who plays rock music.