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English noun: rock and roll

1. rock and roll (communication) a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western


SamplesRock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll..


Synonymsrock, rock 'n' roll, rock music, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll


Broader (hypernym)popular music, popular music genre


Narrower (hyponym)acid rock, art rock, heavy metal, heavy metal music, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, punk, punk rock


Part holonymbackbeat


Domain category membersbackbeat









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