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 |
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| Samples | Rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll..
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| Synonyms | rock, rock 'n' roll, rock music, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll |
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| Broader (hypernym) | popular music, popular music genre |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | acid rock, art rock, heavy metal, heavy metal music, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, punk, punk rock |
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| Part holonym | backbeat |
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| Domain category members | backbeat |
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