rock'n'roll

rock'n'roll

n

(Music / Pop Music) a variant spelling of rock and roll

rocknroller  n

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

rock'n'roll - a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll." rock 'n' roll, rock and roll, rock music, rock-and-roll, rock popular music, popular music genre - any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time) heavy metal music, heavy metal - loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery art rock, progressive rock - a style of rock music that emerged in the 1970s; associated with attempts to combine rock with jazz and other forms; intended for listening and not dancing acid rock, psychedelic rock - a musical style that emerged in the 1960s; rock music inspired by or related to drug-induced experience punk rock, punk - rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock backbeat - a loud steady beat

Translations

rock'n'roll [ˌrɒkənˈrəʊl] = rock and roll
rock opera n → opéra m rock
rock pool n → flaque f dans les rochers
rock salt n (for cooking) → gros sel m
rock-solid rock solid [ˌrɒkˈsɒlɪd] adj

(= very hard) → complètement solidifié(e)

(= reliable) [defence, proof] → en béton
a man of rock-solid integrity → un homme d'une intégrité absolue
The firm is rock-solid financially → Financièrement, l'entreprise est solide comme un roc.
rock star n → rock star f
He's a rock star → C'est une rock star.
rock-steady [ˌrɒkˈstɛdi] adj [hand, voice] → parfaitement assuré(e); [camera, gun] → parfaitement stable