ROCK 'N' ROLL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rock 'n' roll mean? 

• ROCK 'N' ROLL (noun)
  The noun ROCK 'N' ROLL has 1 sense:

1. a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western

  Familiarity information: ROCK 'N' ROLL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROCK 'N' ROLL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

rock; rock'n'roll; rock-and-roll; rock 'n' roll; rock and roll; rock music

Context example:

rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll.

Hypernyms ("rock 'n' roll" is a kind of...):

popular music; popular music genre (any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time))

Meronyms (parts of "rock 'n' roll"):

backbeat (a loud steady beat)

Domain member category:

backbeat (a loud steady beat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rock 'n' roll"):

heavy metal; heavy metal music (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; punk rock (rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock)