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Meanings of rock 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'n'roll"
Examples for "rock'n'roll"
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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.
4
Rock'n'roll has gone from a linear derivative art form to an abstracted, nominal designation.
5
Rock'n'roll, hard rock and a bit of heavy metal.
1
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.
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Outside of work, she chairs the All Russian Acrobatic Rock'n'Roll Federation.
4
Photo: supplied Linda Gail Lewis's rock'n'roll credentials are right there in her name.
5
The future of rock'n'roll is peanut butter and jelly buffalo wings.
1
Was I looking for something meaningful, or merely hoping for rock-and-roll sex?
2
With a rock-and-roll band that's blasting so you can't hear yourself think.
3
At the start of his rock-and-roll career, Buddy Holly tours with Cooke.
4
The games room has been cleared of rock-and-roll pinball machines and stuffed animals.
5
At least I got two great rock-and-roll records out of it, and credibility.
1
Glam is perhaps the most derided and disparaged form of rock music.
2
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.
4
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 in English
1
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.
4
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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In short, they are a power duo without peer in rock today.
7
Another problem: not much of a rock shoe can actually be stretched.
8
It needs to work, because Kendrick's serve looks rock-hard at the moment.
9
The precipice grew in the darkness; the vertical rock had no ending.
10
Free Solo, a new film about rock climber Alex Honnold, is different.
11
Can't hear you, fellah.... Too much rock 'n' roll, way back when.
12
Progressive rock is a term that's been used widely for 50 years.
13
He wanted the rock 'n' roll foolishness to end, that's for sure.
14
The Speaker then placed the phial in the cavity of the rock.
15
About going to the great rock and the great roll, I mean.
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At the base of the rock shelf, something glinted in the sunlight.
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Translations for rock
Catalan
Russian
Rock through the time
Rock across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
New Zealand
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