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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