rocker
rocker Lexical Profile
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• noun
A rocking chair.
"My grandfather spent his afternoons reading on the front porch in his favorite wooden rocker."
A musician who plays rock music, or a passionate fan and follower of rock music and its associated culture.
"The legendary aging rocker still draws massive crowds to stadiums around the world."
One of the two curved bars or runners on the bottom of a cradle, rocking chair, or similar object on which it rocks back and forth.
"The carpenter carefully sanded the curved wooden rockers before attaching them to the base of the baby's cradle."
A mechanical lever or pivoted arm that oscillates back and forth, especially one that opens and closes valves in an internal combustion engine.
"The mechanic removed the cylinder head cover to inspect the worn rocker arm."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in Middle English as an agent noun from the verb 'rock' (from Old English 'roccian', meaning to move backward and forward) plus the suffix '-er'. The sense referring to a rock-and-roll musician or enthusiast emerged in the 1950s and 1960s.
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