| NOUN | person | rocker | an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle |
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| person | rocker, rock 'n' roll musician | a performer or composer or fan of rock music | |
| person | rocker | a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles | |
| artifact | rocker, rocking chair | a chair mounted on rockers | |
| artifact | rocker, cradle | a trough that can be rocked back and forth | |
| artifact | rocker | an ice skate with a curved blade | |
| artifact | rocker | a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro |
| Sounds | raa'ker | |
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| Rhymes | acre / Acre ... Zocor: 182 rhymes with ker... | |
| Meaning | An attendant who rocks a child in a cradle. | |
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| Broader | attendant, attender, tender | someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another |
| Verbs | rock | cause to move back and forth |
| Meaning | A performer or composer or fan of rock music. | |
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| Synonym | rock 'n' roll musician | |
| Narrower | rock star | A famous singer of rock music |
| Broader | musician, instrumentalist, player | someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) |
| Spanish | rockero | |
| Meaning | A teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles. | |
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| Member of | rockers, bikers | originally / originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s |
| Region | United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain | A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles |
| Broader | adolescent, stripling, teenager, teen | A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity |
| Meaning | A chair mounted on rockers. | |
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| Synonym | rocking chair | |
| Parts | rocker | A curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro |
| rung, round, stave | A crosspiece between the legs of a chair | |
| Narrower | 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) | |
| Broader | chair | A seat for one person, with a support for the back |
| Spanish | balancín, mecedora, mecedor, silla mecedora | |
| Catalan | balancí | |
| Verbs | rock | move back and forth or sideways |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonym | cradle | |
| Broader | trough | A long narrow shallow receptacle |
| Meaning | An ice skate with a curved blade. | |
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| Broader | ice skate | skate consisting of a boot with a steel blade fitted to the sole |
| Meaning | A curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro. | |
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| Part of | cradle | A baby bed with sides and rockers |
| hobby, hobbyhorse, rocking horse | A child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers | |
| rocking chair, rocker | A chair mounted on rockers | |
| Broader | support | Any device that bears the weight of another thing |
| Spanish | balancín | |
| Catalan | balancí | |
| Verbs | rock | cause to move back and forth |
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