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View synonyms for rockabilly

rockabilly

[ rok-uh-bil-ee ]

noun

  1. a style of popular music combining the features of rock-'n'-roll and hillbilly music.


rockabilly

/ ˈrɒkəˌbɪlɪ /

noun

    1. a fast, spare style of White rock music which originated in the mid-1950s in the US South
    2. ( as modifier )

      a rockabilly number

“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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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.

Besides torch songs, sea shanties, Latino roots and rockabilly tunes have been heard.

I knew the owners from the rockabilly scene.

The rockabilly revival of the next decade gave rise to renewed interested in Mr. Eddy’s work.

First among these, he was the court jester of cowpunk in the 1980s, playing in a vulgar, raucous rockabilly duo with Skid Roper.

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