roadie
/ˈrəʊdi
/informal
noun
1A person employed by a touring band of musicians to set up and maintain equipment: he looked a bit like a roadie for a heavy metal band...
- I have this theory about roadies and headlining bands: If a roadie walks across the stage, it's at least two minutes before the band go on.
- Playing this sort of music did nothing to bring me towards liking pop but that all changed when I got a job as a roadie for Johnny Dankworth's big band.
- William spends most of the movie chasing his interview, encountering a colorful crew of roadies, rockers, and groupies - pardon, ‘band aids.’
2A cyclist who rides a road bike or is fanatical about road biking: Peter’s a roadie making his first foray into mountain biking...
- Its nice to see some good bike handling skills amongst the roadies.
- For an "I wish I was riding in the Tour" roadie, he has the wrong physique.
- From seasoned racers to brand new roadies, all will unite on the 7th July to ride 100km.
verb [no object]
Work as a roadie for a band: Norm used to roadie for Ten Years After...
- He had been roadying for us since 96 but seemed to spend more time ‘minding’ the beer, so it made sense for him to at least earn his freebies.
- Our harmonica player and singer finally resorted to roadying to make ends meet.
- He looks like he should be roadying for Slipknot.
Rhymes
- control panel
- control point
- control register
- control rod
- control room
- control sequence
- control stick
- control surface
- control theory
- control tower
- control zone
- contronym
- controverse
- controversed
- controversial
- controversialism
- controversialist
- controversiality
- controversially
- controversialness
- controversible
- controversion
- controversional
- controversionalist
- controversist