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rocker Definition

rocker (räk′ər)

noun

  1. a person who rocks a cradle, etc.
  2. either of the curved pieces on the bottom of a cradle, rocking chair, etc.
  3. ☆ rocking chair
  4. a cradle for washing sand or gravel in gold mining
  5. a small steel plate with a toothed and curved edge, for roughening and thus preparing the surface of a mezzotint plate
  6. one of the curved stripes below the chevron of a noncommissioned officer above sergeant
  7. ☆ Informal
    1. a performer, fan, etc. of rock music
    2. a rock song performed with a heavily accented rhythm at a fast tempo

rocker Idioms

off one's rocker

Slang crazy; insane

rocker Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • age: He has never wanted to become an aging rocker.
  • include: Human Fire highlights all The Promise's strengths, including all-out rockers, spine tingling ballads and extended epics.

Adjective modifier

  • legendary: The legendary rockers hope to sing about their gripes with life at retirement age.
  • melodic: The CD starts with the uptempo melodic rocker " Let's talk about love " , which has a very catchy excellent AOR chorus.
  • veteran: First up was a surprise party in Horncastle for veteran punk rocker Nigel, who had no idea what lay in store for him.
  • Finnish: Not so for HIM - the Finnish rockers have the biggest hit of their career as Funeral of Hearts lands at 15.
  • Scots: And yesterday Don urged top Scots rockers to give some gear to Scotland's Hard Rock Cafe which celebrated its eighth birthday last week.
  • Welsh: Most of all the search confuses me with a Welsh rocker.

Modifies a noun

  • gasket: Had slight oil leak recently coming out of the rocker gasket, other than that no problems.
  • shaft: The plugs on the right-hand end of the rocker shafts are a sod for weeping.
  • switch: The camera has a 3x optical zoom lens which is adjusted by a rocker switch.
  • arm: Check for wear on the valve tips of rocker arms.
  • gear: These engines are supplied less rocker gear, pushrods, sumps & timing covers.
  • assembly: I removed the rocker covers and found some surface rust on the head and rocker assemblies.

Noun used with modifier

  • glam: Rachel Stamp, those Welsh glam rockers are in town.
  • punk: His admirers have included hippies, punk rockers, readers of science fiction, football fans.
  • indie: The indie dance rockers blasted out their electronic, funky, stunning sound.
  • prog: Too late for the blues boom and too bluesy for the prog rockers they didn't fit neatly anywhere.
  • Goth: Finnish Goth rockers HIM - nominated for Best International Act and Best Video - will headline a bill of four at the event.
  • stadium: If Ben Elton is the stadium rocker of the new musical theater scene, Niall Ashdown is the soulful indie band.