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/ˈɹɑkənˈɹoʊɫ/
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NOUN
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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.
How To Use rock'n'roll In A Sentence
- Jackson Starfield is possessed of the most rock'n'roll name in town and a nice feral howl to match.
- In rock'n'roll, the number one consideration is personality. Times, Sunday Times
- There was a time when rock'n'roll and the honours system were the strangest of bedfellows. Times, Sunday Times
- Rock'n'roll groups appeared on bills along with trad groups and pop singers - even some modern jazz made it into the charts.
- He says he ‘never took a drug in my life ‘, although he retains a theoretical fascination for rock'n'roll bacchanalia.
- We were able to step up the awards ceremony from last year's weenie roast to a full-blown rock'n'roll New York City rager.
- The fêted Worcester quartet's latest is a triumph of loose-limbed chutzpah: breezy, funky rock'n'roll to brighten the shortening days. Times, Sunday Times
- Some call them a joke, poseurs who pastiche the look, moves and sound of classic, brothel-creeping rock'n'roll; others call them the coolest band in the world.
- Isn't the grimy reality of the rock'n'roll life a bit uncouth for such an exotic woman? Times, Sunday Times
- With the arrival of rock'n'roll, the trad jazz boom ended. Times, Sunday Times
