rock and roll
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rock and roll
- /ˈɹɒk ən(d)ˈɹəʊl/ UK
- /ˈɹɑk ən(d)ˈɹoʊl/ US
Where it comes from
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 that appeared in song titles since at least 1914 (Trixie Smith's "My Man Rocks Me With One Steady Roll").
As a name for a specific style of popular music from the early 1950s, popularized by disc jockey Alan Freed in reference to the euphemistic use in song titles.
noun rock-and-roll · rock'n'roll · rock 'n' roll · rock n roll · rock 'n roll · rock-n-roll
- A genre of popular music that evolved in the 1950s from a combination of rhythm and blues and country music, characterized by electric guitars, strong rhythms, and youth-oriented lyrics.
- A style of vigorous dancing associated with this genre of music.
- An intangible feeling, philosophy, belief or allegiance relating to rock music, characterized by unbridled enthusiasm, hedonism, and cynical regard for authoritarian bodies. rock and roll lifestyle
- Dole, payment by the state to the unemployed. I'm back on rock and roll
- The full automatic fire capability selection on a selective fire weapon.
- The ability to run the picture and audio back and forth in synchronization, allowing the correction of mistakes during dubbing. The dubbing theatre is a viewing theatre equipped for running the picture with a great many tracks interlocked to run synchronously. Once laced up, they can be run forwards or backwards remaining in synch; when it was first introduced this system was given the name 'rock and roll'.
verb rocks and rolls · rock and rolls · rocking and rolling · rock and rolling · rocked and rolled
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To have sex.
Similar: bang, do it, approach, cohabit, common, company, copulate, couple, engage in sex, exchange flesh, have intimate relations, have marital relations
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To play rock and roll music.
Similar: rock
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To start, commence, begin, get moving; move along with a rocking, rolling motion.
Does everyone know what car they're going in? Then let's rock and roll!
Similar: initiate, open, begin, commence, go, inchoate, issue, get, originate, rock and roll, start
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noun style of music
| Español | rocanrol, rock and roll |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 로큰롤 rokeunnol |
| 日本語 | ロックンロール rokkunrōru |
| 中文 | 搖滾 /摇滚 yáogǔn |
| हिन्दी | रॉक एंड रोल rŏk eṇḍ rol |
| Português | rock and roll, rock |
| Français | rock and roll, rock 'n' roll |
| Deutsch | Rock and Roll, Rock 'n' Roll |
| Ελληνικά | ροκ εντ ρολ rok ent rol |
| Română | rock, rock and roll |
| Русский | рок-н-ро́лл rok-n-róll |
| Tiếng Việt | lắc và lộn |
| العربية | رُوك أَنْد رُول rok ʔand rol, رُوك أَنْد رُول rūk ʔand rūl |
| עברית | רוק אנד רול |
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