Rock-and-roll Definition
räk'nrōl
rock and rolls
verb
To dance to rock music.
American Heritage
To start doing something; begin.
It's 8:00 am, let's rock-and-roll, or we'll never finish on time.
American Heritage
(slang, euphemistic) To have sex.
Wiktionary
noun
A form of popular music that evolved in the 1950s from rhythm and blues, characterized by the use of electric guitars, a strong rhythm with an accent on the offbeat, and youth-oriented lyrics.
Webster's New World
Alternative spelling of rock and roll.
Wiktionary
Style of vigorous dancing associated with this 1950’s music.
Wiktionary
An intangible feeling, philosophy, belief or allegiance relating to rock music (generally from the 1970s–1980s), and heavy metal bearing certain elements of this music, pertaining to unbridled enthusiasm, cynical regard for certain Christian and authoritarian bodies, and attitudes befitting some degree of youthful debauchery. This meaning is sometimes used as an exclamation, in describing traits of certain people, and so on.
Wiktionary
(Cockney rhyming slang) Dole.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- rock-and-roll
- rock'n'roll
- rock-music
- rock
- rock-n-roll
Origin of Rock-and-roll
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From rock (move back and forth) + and + roll; originally a verb phrase common among African Americans, meaning "to have sexual intercourse"; it was a euphemism with a hidden meaning that appeared in song titles and dance styles since the early 1930’s. As a name for a specific style of popular music from circa 1954, coined by disc jockey Alan Freed.
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