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• rock-and-roll
  rock-and-roll

  noun

  a variant of rock-'n'-roll.
• rock and roll
  rock and roll

rock-and-roll

American  

[rok-uhn-rohl] / ˈrɒk ənˈroʊl /

noun

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

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rock and roll British  

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

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verb

1. (intr) to perform this dance

Other Word Forms

• rock and roller
  noun

Example Sentences

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The finest rock-and-roll biographies are defined by their capacity for losing the reader inside the music.

From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2025

“It was 24 hours a day of worrying, trying to keep the creeps away. Fame and money in rock-and-roll — it’s all a very dangerous area to live in.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2025

At the time, the magazine agreed to credit photographer Goldsmith, known for portraits of rock-and-roll stars including Mick Jagger, and paid her $400 to license her 1981 black-and-white portrait as an artist reference.

From BBC ● May 18, 2023

“I somehow knew we’d make a rock-and-roll king-and-queen combo,” he wrote of his marriage to Linda, “even if the roles were a little confused.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2023

I saw Mr. Baca in the crowd making the rock-and-roll sign with his hand.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez

"There was a bit of rock and roll exchange, like, 'Oh, this could be some heavyweight fun.' And I think that's why I was cast, and that's why, for whatever extent, it worked."

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Jamie used a vibration vest – "like a rock and roll ninja" she said - which allowed him to feel the tempo around him and trigger his own beats.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Sometimes, rousing our dormant inner adolescent is a job for a very old monster with a rock and roll heart where his soul should be.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

Obviously, it’s rock and roll, this stuff has always been a thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

If he had been a piano player instead of a guitarist, one might say bebop grew from the solos of his right hand while rock and roll grew from the accompaniment of his left.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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