Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A style of popular music characterized by a basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, drums, and vocals (generally with bass guitar). Generally used to refer to the 1950’s rock, and rock of its style, quite close to swing.
- n. Style of vigorous dancing associated with this 1950’s music.
- n. 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.
- n. UK (rhyming slang) dole.
- v. To play rock and roll music.
- v. slang, euphemistic To have sex.
- v. To start, commence, begin, get moving.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
Etymologies
- 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 c.1954, coined by disc jockey Alan Freed. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Didn’t know how to spell, didn’t know how to play but could accompany himself on the gee-tar and so forth and that’s how rock and roll was born.25”
“She couldn't figure it — that somebody who wore black leather and tapped the tops of his beer cans with such elegant fingers could live in a place with white Conran furniture, rock and roll posters on the wall, and a metal sea gull statue.”
“He told me that when Susan Baker and Tipper Gore were exposing the dangerous, sick, ugly words that were hidden in the rock and roll music that the kids are listening to, Hustler magazine had a picture of the two of them as “A—h-l-s of the Month.””
“I watched Mary, her face expressionless and carefully not looking at me, button my shirt-cuffs — with both wrists bandaged and my fingers heavily scratched it was a bit much for me — and went on, "Well, it'll certainly provide the British public with a conversational change from the football pools, what so-and-so said on TV last night and the latest rock and roll sensation.”
“I followed Gus on his first ever rock and roll tour—with his deathcore quintet Funereal Winch—which took him and his $150 bass paid for by a miserable summer working at Quiznos through suburban Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania, and I followed him through all the exploded friendships and busted feelings that resulted from it.”
“With the West no longer completely cut off, Czech youth immediately tapped into the vibrant Western youth culture wearing Texasskis — blue jeans — and going to clubs to hear the big beat, as rock and roll was called.”
“She could hear the shuffling at the door, the rock and roll playing in the limo, the bong bubbling, lines being chopped on a CD case, and a male voice repeating the phrase "sweet blue titties" over and over like a mantra.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘rock and roll’.
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Siamese Twins - X and/or Y
Collocations with 'and' & 'or'
neither fish nor ..., neither hide nor ..., alive and kicking, all or nothing, an arm and a leg, apples and oranges, back and forth, be-all and end-all, bells and whistles, black and white, blood and guts, bow and arrow and 230 more...
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such and such
alas and alack, apples and oranges, coffee and tea, cream and sugar, father and son, forgive and forget, ins and outs, kith and kin, knit and purl, milk and cookies, mother and daughter, odds and ends and 181 more...
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rock phrases/words
how rock is used
stick of rock, rock wren, rock worm, rockwool, rock wood, rock-wombed, rock wilderness, rock whiting, rock-white, rock whistler, rock whelk, rock waste and 371 more...
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FUN - Beatles song titles
Typical words from Beatles song titles. Can you recreate the titles?
(Grammatical words have been omitted)polythene, Sun King, rhythm and blues, taxman, tripper, monkey business, mailman, matchbox, rock and roll, ooh, blue jay, reprise and 388 more...
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odds and ends
contrasting idioms incorporating 'and'
odds and ends, nook and cranny, plug and play, pick and roll, hunt and peck, nickel and dime, movers and shakers, salt and pepper, rack and ruin, profit and loss, rock and roll, rods and cones and 83 more...
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R&R
Short phrases or names that could be shortened to R&R.
redrum, rest and recreation, R&R, railroad, ruby red, Red Ryder, Red Robin, Red Rocks, red rain, red raspberry, rock and roll, rough and ready and 25 more...
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And Another Thing
adam and eve, again and again, alpha and omega, arts and crafts, b and b, back and forth, bacon and eggs, be-all and end-all, bells and whistles, black and blue, black and tan, blood and guts and 165 more...
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Beautiful Music
a cappella, accelerando, accompagnato, adagio, ad libitum, agitato, aleatory, alla breve, allegro, allemande, alto, andante and 548 more...
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Tulip Names I
No rhyme or reason other than that I like the names. :-) For more flower fun, see these lists:
Rose words by mollusque
Rose varieties by mollusque
Tulip Names II: You Know ...abbey dream, abbey road, abodement, abra, abra elite, academician tstisin, acapulco, ace of diamonds, acropolis, ad hoc, adamo, addis and 597 more...
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Apples to Apples: Red Cards
A complete list of the red cards (things) from the popular word game.
bad haircut, carnival workers, grave robbers, Chinatown, a cheap motel, killer whales, UV rays, flat tire, Japan, Michelangelo, Alfred Hitchcock, Cindy Crawford and 734 more...
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On a rock and jelly rolltop desk
Words containing forms of the verb 'to roll,' with hat tip to the bear's list of things that roll.
rock and roll, cold roll, hot roll, rolling stone, roll-up, jelly roll, swiss roll, sushi roll, Tootsie Roll, Fruit Roll-Ups, dinner roll, California roll and 42 more...
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Dance and Music
About folk, dancing styles, music styles, popular songs, etc.
Acerca del folclore, bailes, estilos musicales, canciones populares, etc.jota, flamenco, sevillanas, salsa, samba, crooner, rock and roll, jazz, blues, soul, tango, cucaracha and 13 more...
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Gabba Gabba Word: some Ramones words
blitzkrieg, pulsating, revved, beat, brat, punk, runt, wanna, boyfriend, chainsaw, massacre, sniff and 84 more...
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Style words
Words relating to style, personal styling, stylishness
style, fashion, stylist, chic, substance, trendsetting, luxe, flawless, fashion-forward, fashionista, swanky, wardrobe and 4 more...
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R is for Red Clown
My R Words
rabble-rouser, rabblerouser, red clown, rabblerousing, ragamuffin, rama lama ding dong, rapscallion, rascal, ratfink, red herring, red rover, renegade and 39 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for rock and roll.
bilby I say that. Too often, because it doesn't suit me. Maybe if I had a ponytail. Apr 10, 2013
ry also used as an interjection, meaning "let us begin" Apr 9, 2013
uselessness I've got no kick againt modern jazz
Unless they try to play it too darn fast
And change the beauty of the melody
Until it sounds just like a symphony
That's why I go for that
Rock and roll music
Any old way you choose it
It's got a backbeat, you can't lose it
Any old time you use it
It's gotta be rock and roll music
If you want to dance with me
If you want to dance with me
-Chuck Berry Jan 27, 2007