rocker

/ˈrɑkər/

/ˈrɒkə/

Other forms: rockers

A rocker is a chair that can move gently forward and backward, or a rocker is someone who appreciates rock and roll music. You could be a rocker who rocks your rocker to the beat of Guns N' Roses. Rock on!

You can also call a rocker a rocking chair. When a person is a rocker, they might be "someone who rocks in a rocking chair," but it's more likely that they're in a rock and roll band. Some rockers don't perform rock music, but they love it: "My dad was a total punk rocker back in the 80s." The chair meaning is from 18803 American English, while the rock and roll meaning originated in the 1960s.

Definitions of rocker

1. noun

   a chair mounted on rockers
   synonyms: rocking chair

   types:

   Boston rocker

   a rocking chair that has a high spindle back and a decorative top panel

   platform rocker

   rocking chair on a stationary base

   shoofly

   a child's rocking chair with the seat built between two flat sides that are shaped to resemble an animal (such as a swan or duck)

   type of:

   chair

   a seat for one person, with a support for the back
2. noun

   a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro
   type of:

   support

   any device that bears the weight of another thing
3. noun

   an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle
   type of:

   attendant, attender, tender

   someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
4. noun

   an ice skate with a curved blade
   type of:

   ice skate

   skate consisting of a boot with a steel blade fitted to the sole
5. noun

   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
   synonyms: cradle

   type of:

   trough

   a long narrow shallow receptacle
6. noun

   a performer or composer or fan of rock music
   synonyms: rock 'n' roll musician

   types:

   rock star

   a famous singer of rock music

   type of:

   instrumentalist, musician, player

   someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
7. noun

   a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles
   type of:

   adolescent, stripling, teen, teenager

   a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity