As nouns the difference between rocker and bouncer
is that
rocker is rocker (someone passionate about rock music) while
bouncer is (informal) a member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc to maintain order and deal with patrons who cause trouble.
rocker English
Noun
( en noun)
A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.
Hence, a rocking chair
(surfing) The lengthwise curvature of a surfboard. (More rocker is a more curved board.)
- All modern surfboards share a similar rocker design — Bruce Jones [http://www.brucejones.com/longboar.htm]
Someone passionate about rock music.
A musician who plays rock music.
(informal) A rock music song.
* Pitchfork Media [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7852-the-top-200-tracks-of-the-1990s-50-21/3/]
- "Girls & Boys" is
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.
(UK) A member of a British subculture of the 1960s, opposed to the mods, who dressed in black leather and were interested in 1950s music.
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.
A rocking horse.
A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.
(engineering) A rock shaft.
Derived terms
* off one's rocker
Anagrams
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bouncer English
Noun
( en noun)
(informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc to maintain order and deal with patrons who cause trouble.
(cricket) A short-pitched ball that bounces up towards, or above the height of the batsman’s head.
(Internet) An account or server (as with IRC and FTP) that invisibly redirects requests to another, used for anonymity or vanity.
(dated) One who bounces; a large, heavy person who makes much noise in moving.
(slang, archaic) A boaster; a bully.
- (Johnson)
(slang, archaic) A bold lie.
(slang, archaic) A liar.
- (Marryat)
Something big; a good stout example of the kind.
* De Quincey
- The stone must be a bouncer .
A bouncy castle.
A kind of seat mounted in a framework in which a baby can bounce up and down.
Synonyms
* (security personnel) doorman
* bumper
* (IRC account) BNC
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