rock-and-roll

rock-and-roll  (rkn-rl)

n.

Variant of rock 'n' roll.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

rock-and-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'n'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-and-roll [ˌrɒkənˈrəʊl] ADJ a rock-and-roll band/singer → un grupo/cantante de rocanrol or rock and roll
see also rock ²