Dylan

[ dil-uhn ]

noun

1. Bob Robert Zimmerman, born 1941, U.S. folk-rock singer, guitarist, and composer.
2. a male given name.

Dylan

/ ˈdɪlən /

noun

1. DylanBob1941MUSMUSIC: rock singerMUSIC: songwriter Bob. real name Robert Allen Zimmerman. born 1941, US rock singer and songwriter, also noted for his acoustic protest songs in the early 1960s. His albums include The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), Highway 61 Revisited (1965), Blonde on Blonde (1966), John Wesley Harding (1968), Blood on the Tracks (1974), Oh Mercy (1989), Time Out of Mind (1997), and Love and Theft (2001)

Derived Forms

• ˌDylanˈesque, adjective

Example Sentences

Written by Sonny as a retort to Bob Dylan’s bitter “It Ain’t Me Babe,” “I Got You Babe” found the couple sparring with the Beatles at the top of the charts.

From Salon

A highlight sequence came shortly after when Johnson snagged a steal and threw an outlet pass to Dylan Andrews, who found a trailing Dailey with a bounce pass for a ferocious one-handed dunk.

From Los Angeles Times

Dylan Thomas had been arrested weeks earlier for trying to scale the fence at Buckingham Palace, and is being treated for schizophrenia at a secure hospital.

From BBC

Junior point guard Dylan Andrews, who missed the last two games because of a groin injury, practiced Tuesday and is considered questionable for the game against Idaho State.

From Los Angeles Times

It would take one last defensive stop for the Trojans to finally put Nebraska away, as Greedy Vance Jr. intercepted a pass from Nebraska’s Dylan Raiola as time expired.

From Los Angeles Times