rocker

8 definitions • 6 examples

one of the two curved pieces of wood under a rocking chair that allow it to move backwards and forwards:

someone who sings or plays rock music (= music with a strong beat played with electric guitars and drums):

The Sheffield indie rockers Arctic Monkeys headlined that year's festival.

She is a powerful performer, both as a rocker and a balladeer.

someone who likes rock music, especially someone who likes heavy metal:

I'm a rocker. I love metal, thrash, and my favourite groups are Pink Floyd, Metallica, Zeppelin and Cream.

a rock song (= one with a strong beat played with electric guitars and drums):

The album contained everything from slow ballads to unabashed rockers.

a member of a group of young people, especially in Britain in the 1960s, who wore leather clothes, rode motorcycles, and listened to rock and roll music:

Seaside towns such as Margate and Brighton were infamous for violence between mods and rockers in the 1960s.

The days of mods and rockers may be long gone, but menswear is as tribal as ever.

someone who performs or likes rock music

a rocking chair (= a chair built on two pieces of curved wood), or one of the two curved pieces under the chair that allow it to move forward and backward