rock 'n' roll

Definition of Rock 'n' Roll in English :

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Noun

1. rock, rock 'n' roll, rock and roll, rock music, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll

a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western

Example Sentences:
'rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll.'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rock 'n' Roll

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noun

1.

a.

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

b.

(as modifier)

the rock-and-roll era

2.

dancing performed to such music, with exaggerated body movements stressing the beat

verb

3. (intransitive)

to perform this dance

modifier

1.

of, playing, or relating to rock and roll music

rock-and-roll group/number/record/album

his rock-and-roll lifestyle

a rock'n'roll legend

the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world

verb (intransitive)

2. dancing

to perform this dance

Rock 'n' Roll

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noun

a form of popular music that evolved in the 1950s from rhythm and blues, characterized by the use of electric guitars, a strong rhythm with an accent on the offbeat, and youth-oriented lyrics

Rock 'n' Roll

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n. & v.

Variant of rock-and-roll.

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