originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s; wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots; had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock'n'roll; were largely unskilled manual laborers
a member of the group of people in Britain in the 1960s who dressed in black leather, were interested in 1950s music, were predominantly racist and hated mods
In canoe design, the curve of the keel line from bow to stern A straight keel line has no rocker, tracking well but lacking maneuverability A heavy rocker is exceptionally maneuverable but will not track well Moderately rockered canoes are usually straight with a rise toward the ends Most general recreation canoes have a moderate rocker
A measure of the amount of a curve in the portion of a skate blade that touches the ice Speed skating blades have little rocker, which makes them faster but less maneuverable Hockey skates have a great deal of rocker, allowing greater maneuverability
The amount of curvature in a wakeboard If a wakeboard has 2 inches of Rocker, then the tip and tail are 2 inches higher than the middle of the board There are two types of rocker, continuous and three-stage Continuous rocker is a smooth curve, while a board with three-stages of rocker, with a flat spot in the middle of the board
A multi-toothed steel tool for laying mezzotint ground It is rocked across the plate many times in all directions to produce the characteristic burr top
upward curvature of the keel of a boat toward bow and stern when viewed in profile On a flat surface, the bow and stern of a boat with rocker will not be resting on the surface, and the boat can "rock" (pitch) like a rocking chair On a boat with no rocker, a side view of the keel forms a perfectly straight line
a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro an ice skate with a curved blade a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles a performer or composer or fan of rock music an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle
1 A turn on one foot in which the skater changes direction but not edge, producing a trace which is a section of one circle before the turn and a section of another circle of opposite curvature after the turn The cusp of the turn points inwards from the center of the circle preceding the turn and outwards towards the center of the circle following the turn 2 Any compulsory figure consisting of three circles in which rocker turns are used to transition from the center circle to the end circles 3 The curved contour extending from the heel to toe of a skate blade