rocker

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the verb to rock + -er

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rocker (plural rockers)

  1. A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.
  2. A rocking chair.
  3. (surfing) The lengthwise curvature of a surfboard. (More rocker is a more curved board.)
    All modern surfboards share a similar rocker design — Bruce Jones [1]
  4. Someone passionate about rock music.
  5. A musician who plays rock music.
  6. (informal) A rock music song.
    • Pitchfork Media [2]
      "Girls & Boys" is […] also a tart, sneering rocker, full of ingenious musical gestures […]
  7. One who rocks something.
    • Fuller
      It was I, sir, said the rocker, who had the honour, some thirty years since, to attend on your highness in your infancy.
  8. (Britain) A member of a British subculture of the 1960s, opposed to the mods, who dressed in black leather and were interested in 1950s music.
  9. Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, such as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.
  10. A rocking horse.
  11. A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.
  12. (engineering) A rock shaft.

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Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

rocker c (singular definite rockeren, plural indefinite rockere)

  1. An outlaw biker

French[edit]

Verb[edit]

rocker

  1. to rock (play or enjoy rock music)

Conjugation[edit]

  Conjugation of rocker (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive rocker avoir rocké
gerund en rockant en ayant rocké
present participle rockant
/ʁɔ.kɑ̃/
past participle rocké
/ʁɔ.ke/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present rocke
/ʁɔk/		 rockes
/ʁɔk/		 rocke
/ʁɔk/		 rockons
/ʁɔ.kɔ̃/		 rockez
/ʁɔ.ke/		 rockent
/ʁɔk/
imperfect rockais
/ʁɔ.kɛ/		 rockais
/ʁɔ.kɛ/		 rockait
/ʁɔ.kɛ/		 rockions
/ʁɔ.kjɔ̃/		 rockiez
/ʁɔ.kje/		 rockaient
/ʁɔ.kɛ/
past historic1 rockai
/ʁɔ.ke/		 rockas
/ʁɔ.ka/		 rocka
/ʁɔ.ka/		 rockâmes
/ʁɔ.kam/		 rockâtes
/ʁɔ.kat/		 rockèrent
/ʁɔ.kɛʁ/
future rockerai
/ʁɔ.kʁe/		 rockeras
/ʁɔ.kʁa/		 rockera
/ʁɔ.kʁa/		 rockerons
/ʁɔ.kʁɔ̃/		 rockerez
/ʁɔ.kʁe/		 rockeront
/ʁɔ.kʁɔ̃/
conditional rockerais
/ʁɔ.kʁɛ/		 rockerais
/ʁɔ.kʁɛ/		 rockerait
/ʁɔ.kʁɛ/		 rockerions
/ʁɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/		 rockeriez
/ʁɔ.kə.ʁje/		 rockeraient
/ʁɔ.kʁɛ/
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses		 present rocke
/ʁɔk/		 rockes
/ʁɔk/		 rocke
/ʁɔk/		 rockions
/ʁɔ.kjɔ̃/		 rockiez
/ʁɔ.kje/		 rockent
/ʁɔk/
imperfect1 rockasse
/ʁɔ.kas/		 rockasses
/ʁɔ.kas/		 rockât
/ʁɔ.ka/		 rockassions
/ʁɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/		 rockassiez
/ʁɔ.ka.sje/		 rockassent
/ʁɔ.kas/
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— rocke
/ʁɔk/		 — rockons
/ʁɔ.kɔ̃/		 rockez
/ʁɔ.ke/		 —
1literary tenses

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Noun[edit]

rocker m (plural rockers)

  1. rocker (rock musician)
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