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hard rock

1

noun

  1. the original form of rock-'n'-roll, basically dependent on a consistently loud and strong beat.


hard-rock

2

[ hahrd-rok ]

adjective

  1. (loosely) of or relating to igneous or metamorphic rocks, as in mining hard-rock mining and geology hard-rock geology.

hard rock

noun

  1. music a rhythmically simple and usually highly amplified style of rock and roll
“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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Other Words From

  • hard rocker noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hard rock1

First recorded in 1965–70

Origin of hard rock2

First recorded in 1920–25
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Example Sentences

“How old is”—Ryan likes to play up his age by talking about his hard-rock music tastes.

It appears that two days into their 3-day Hard Rock Calling Festival, they were unwilling to risk sanction by over-running.

This fracturing was kicked off by an all-out gender war as anti-feminist young men started aggressively reconquering hard rock.

Crist decided instead to attend a party at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

In the Dominion it is invariably obtained from hard rock somewhat difficult to work.

But in this instance, that which the author calls in another passage of his work, the vis Lucilii, fell upon the hard rock.

It seems but a step from smoothing a bone to polishing the edge of an axe, if not of too hard rock.

The summits of the beacons were platforms of very hard rock, baked by the volcanic overflow.

Where the hard rock has been worn down into hollows, the falling tide leaves a pool of still, clear water.

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