rock steady


noun
  1. the style of vocalized Jamaican popular music that succeeded ska and preceded reggae in the 1960s, influenced by American soul music and having a more upbeat tempo with emphasis on electric bass and guitar rather than on horns.

Origin of rock steady

1
First recorded in 1965–70

Words Nearby rock steady

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How to use rock steady in a sentence

  • From 1972, the Soul Train Line Dance to Aretha Franklin's "rock steady"

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  • Rock-steady the muzzle came down and covered the first indistinct brown bulk which entered the notch of the sights.

  • The old sea captain stood rock steady in the door, and at his shoulder was Carrots' rifle.

    Smugglers' Reef | John Blaine
  • They were trembling now, not rock-steady as when they held the musket on the balcony at La Granja.

    The Firebrand | S. R. Crockett
  • Carolyn reached out, brushed a windswept tuft of hair from above the rock-steady eyes that looked at her.

    Next Door, Next World | Robert Donald Locke
  • His eyes had a metallic glitter and his hand was rock-steady.

    Turnover Point | Alfred Coppel

British Dictionary definitions for rock steady

rock steady

noun
  1. a type of slow Jamaican dance music of the 1960s

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