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English noun: rocker

1. rocker (person) an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle


Broader (hypernym)attendant, attender, tender

2. rocker (person) a performer or composer or fan of rock music


Synonymsrock 'n' roll musician


Broader (hypernym)instrumentalist, musician, player


Narrower (hyponym)rock star

3. rocker (person) a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles


Broader (hypernym)adolescent, stripling, teen, teenager


Member meronymbikers, rockers


Domain regionBritain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

4. rocker (artifact) a chair mounted on rockers


Synonymsrocking chair


Broader (hypernym)chair


Narrower (hyponym)Boston rocker, platform rocker, shoofly


Part holonymrocker, round, rung, stave

5. rocker (artifact) 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


Synonymscradle


Broader (hypernym)trough

6. rocker (artifact) an ice skate with a curved blade


Broader (hypernym)ice skate

7. rocker (artifact) a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro


Broader (hypernym)support


Part meronymcradle, hobby, hobbyhorse, rocker, rocking chair, rocking horse









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