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View synonyms for rockabilly
rockabilly
[ rok-uh-bil-ee ]
noun
- a style of popular music combining the features of rock-'n'-roll and hillbilly music.
rockabilly
/ ˈrɒkəˌbɪlɪ /
noun
- a fast, spare style of White rock music which originated in the mid-1950s in the US South
- ( as modifier )
a rockabilly number
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rockabilly1
1955–60, Americanism; rock(-'n'-roll) + -a- connective + (hill)billy
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rockabilly1
C20: from rock ( and roll ) + ( hill ) billy
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Example Sentences
He also referred to early rockabilly music and a lot of ’60s-era rock music.
From Los Angeles Times
Besides torch songs, sea shanties, Latino roots and rockabilly tunes have been heard.
From Los Angeles Times
I knew the owners from the rockabilly scene.
From Los Angeles Times
The rockabilly revival of the next decade gave rise to renewed interested in Mr. Eddy’s work.
From New York Times
First among these, he was the court jester of cowpunk in the 1980s, playing in a vulgar, raucous rockabilly duo with Skid Roper.
From Los Angeles Times
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