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View synonyms for rock-and-roll

rock-and-roll

[ rok-uhn-rohl ]

noun

  1. a variant of rock-'n'-roll.


rock and roll

noun

    1. a type of pop music originating in the 1950s as a blend of rhythm and blues and country and western. It is generally based upon the twelve-bar blues, the first and third beats in each bar being heavily accented
    2. ( as modifier )

      the rock-and-roll era

  1. dancing performed to such music, with exaggerated body movements stressing the beat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. intr to perform this dance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • rock and roller, noun
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Example Sentences

Because the same year that the authority was born, 1954, the newest threat to civilization emerged: rock-and-roll music.

Plus, she communicates with her family through rock-and-roll records, making her almost impossibly cool.

That film, The Last Waltz, is widely considered the best rock-and-roll film ever made.

Jamie Malanowski on the legacy of an inscrutable rock-and-roll legend.

America gave Elvis the freedom to become a rock-and-roll star; now it was time for him to help protect that freedom.

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