boat-rocker

noun

boat-rock·​er

: one that rocks the boat : one who challenges the status quo

as an unreconstructed boat rocker, I always question conventional wisdom

—Harvey Steiman

boat-rocking

ˈ⸗ˌ⸗⸗

adjective or noun

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

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