rocker
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9.6
- noun
- /ˈrɑːkər/
- Archaic
:
cuna
- Unless there is any known fault in the rocker shaft, it should not be dismantled.
Examples
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There's a fine line when it comes to continuity, however: in an effort to make the phone look sleek, HTC made the volume rocker (found on the right edge) almost completely flush with the body of the phone, making it a bit difficult to press.
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To increase efficiency, the miners often adjusted the angle of the rocker while working by the river.
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If you're holding the iPad mini in your right hand, the volume rockers are easy to reach with your thumb.
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On the right edge of the iPad mini sit the Mute/Lock Orientation button and the Volume rockers.
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The rocker gear can then be fitted and tightened down, and the camshaft should be turned to ascertain that it is free.
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There's one button for menu or back and confirm, and then there's another button that's a rocker for up and down.
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The gold miners used a rocker to separate the gold from the earth by rocking it back and forth in water.
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Using a rocker, the workers quickly gathered gold from the muddy riverbed during their shift.
Synonyms
8
8.8
A box that rocks to separate gold from dirt
Compounds
7
4.2
A young person who plays or likes loud, fast guitar music and dresses in leather with spiked hair
- Archaic
A wooden rocking chair with a high back made of thin wooden bars and a decorative top piece
A chair that sits on a fixed platform and moves gently back and forth without sliding across the floor
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Morphology
Etymology
Rocker for the gold-mining tool comes from the verb rock, because miners would 'rock' a box back and forth in water to wash the earth and find gold. So a rocker is a simple box on rockers used to separate gold from dirt.