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Meanings of rock and roll in English
A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western.
Synonyms
Examples for "rock"
Examples for "rock"
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He said: ''My business is with Isengard tonight, with rock and stone.''
2
Four Icelanders and an American asked the question: Can rock climbing help?
3
The government plans to control the state before hitting rock-bottom, he said.
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However, local climbers have long felt the area's dearth of quality rock.
5
There is a rock rising from a great turquoise sea of sand.
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For many Irish acts, rock'n'roll is here to stay.
2
Adding to the venue's rock'n'roll reputation, Ostermeier also occasionally played bass there with his own band.
3
After more the four decades of Kiwi rock'n'roll, Hello Sailor guitarist Harry Lyon makes a solo album.
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Rock'n'roll has gone from a linear derivative art form to an abstracted, nominal designation.
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Rock'n'roll, hard rock and a bit of heavy metal.
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Away from mainstream pop, Japan's best rock'n'roll bands have always been female.
2
In 2006, he won an Olivier award starring in Tom Stoppard's Rock'n'Roll.
3
Outside of work, she chairs the All Russian Acrobatic Rock'n'Roll Federation.
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Photo: supplied Linda Gail Lewis's rock'n'roll credentials are right there in her name.
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The future of rock'n'roll is peanut butter and jelly buffalo wings.
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Glam is perhaps the most derided and disparaged form of rock music.
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Have women yet been accepted in rock music on their own terms?
3
The outlaws found a ready audience in the wider rock music culture.
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It also helped spawn alternative Afrikaans rock music and the Voëlvry movement.
5
The place was a babble of conversation, loud rock music, and laughter.
Usage of rock and roll in English
1
Before rock and roll had a past, Les Paul shaped its future.
2
The Brill Building on Broadway was the heart of rock and roll.
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She's got real fire and this song really fun rock and roll.
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Photographer Roger Steffens has taken iconic shots of rock and roll legends.
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Some have called we rock and roll performers who never retire troubadours.
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It's only rock and roll, so why pay too much for it?
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Are you cheering Alex on for his championing of rock and roll?
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But rock and roll fans are entitled to be a little cynical.
9
She looked like a parking sticker for a rock and roll concert.
10
He embodies a particular spirit of a particular kind of rock and roll.
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Misbehaving and rock and roll have always gone hand in hand.
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I wanted to go back to the original plan: playing rock and roll.
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Speaking of rock and roll, I really respect Jerry Lee Lewis.
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If we don't win, it will still be rock and roll, he said.
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I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll.
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They made rock and roll seem not only respectable but significant.
Translations for rock and roll
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