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ROCK AND ROLL
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I. (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
Example:
rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll.
Synonyms:
rock; rock'n'roll; rock-and-roll; rock 'n' roll; rock and roll; rock music
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("rock and 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 and roll"):
backbeat (a loud steady beat)
Domain member category:
backbeat (a loud steady beat)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rock and 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)
