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rock-and-roll
[ rok-uhn-rohl ]
rock and roll
noun
- 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
- ( as modifier )
the rock-and-roll era
- dancing performed to such music, with exaggerated body movements stressing the beat
verb
- intr to perform this dance
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Derived Forms
- rock and roller, noun
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Example Sentences
Because the same year that the authority was born, 1954, the newest threat to civilization emerged: rock-and-roll music.
Plus, she communicates with her family through rock-and-roll records, making her almost impossibly cool.
That film, The Last Waltz, is widely considered the best rock-and-roll film ever made.
Jamie Malanowski on the legacy of an inscrutable rock-and-roll legend.
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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