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One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle.

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  1. n. One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle.
  2. n. One of the curving pieces of wood or metal on which a cradle, chair, etc., rocks.
  3. n. Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.
  4. n. A play horse on rockers; a horse">rocking-horse.
  5. n. A chair mounted on rockers; a chair">rocking-chair.
  6. n. A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.
  7. n. Same as Rock shaft.
  8. n. an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle
  9. n. a performer or composer or fan of rock music
  10. n. a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles
  11. n. a chair mounted on rockers
  12. n. 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