1. A performer, composer or fan of rock music
   "The rocker electrified the crowd with his guitar solo";
   - rock 'n' roll musician
    
2. A chair mounted on a curved support so that it can rock back and forth
   "Grandma loved to sit in her rocker on the porch";
   - rocking chair
    
3. A curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro
   "The old rocking chair had worn rockers from years of use"
    
4. [Brit] A teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles
   "The rocker revved his motorcycle engine, embodying the rebellious spirit of the era"
    
5. 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
   "The prospector carefully sifted the sediment in his rocker";
   - cradle
    
6. An ice skate with a curved blade
   "Figure skaters prefer rockers for their ability to perform intricate moves"
    
7. An attendant who rocks a child in a cradle
   "The gentle rocker soothed the baby to sleep"

Derived forms: rockers

Type of: adolescent, attendant, attender, chair, ice skate, instrumentalist, musician, muso [Brit, informal], player, stripling [archaic], support, teen, teenager, tender, trough

Part of: bikers, cradle, hobby, hobbyhorse, rockers, rocking horse

Encyclopedia: Rocker, John