rock-and-roll

[ rok-uhn-rohl ]

noun

1. a variant of rock-'n'-roll.

rock and roll

noun

1. 1. 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
   2. ( as modifier )

      the rock-and-roll era

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

verb

1. intr to perform this dance

Derived Forms

• rock and roller, noun

Example Sentences

Because the same year that the authority was born, 1954, the newest threat to civilization emerged: rock-and-roll music.

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Plus, she communicates with her family through rock-and-roll records, making her almost impossibly cool.

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That film, The Last Waltz, is widely considered the best rock-and-roll film ever made.

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Jamie Malanowski on the legacy of an inscrutable rock-and-roll legend.

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America gave Elvis the freedom to become a rock-and-roll star; now it was time for him to help protect that freedom.

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Related Words

• popular music