Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rocky.
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- adjective music That has the characteristics of
rock .
Etymologies
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Examples
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'Levitate' was more electronic, it deeply irritated the more 'rockish' - the majority - of fans of The Fall.
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I like the organ or piano much better, but *sometimes* very occasionally if the arrangement is simple and not "rockish" a guitar can be okay.
Pottering in the kitchen... Joanna Bogle 2007
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It's more "rockish" and mellows out the sound a bit, but I'm used to it now. .and it's a wonderfull record.
mesocyclone Diary Entry mesocyclone 2004
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Rune: Though still being metal, it's the most "rockish" album we've done in both sound and musical approach.
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An image that residents began to wear as a pioneer punk-rockish badge of honor, like vomit stains on your lapel smelling of whisky, tobacco and women's perfume.
Hometown News: The Ballad of Ray and Rose Matt Lubich 2011
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I prefer the tighter; some would argue arena-rockish former offerings, though the studio Warpaint, and now the songs live, certainly fall into that southern styling and still click at times.
Buzzine » CD Spins 2009
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But the thick, rockish tone of husband Amadou Bagayoko's guitar is almost a signature.
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But the thick, rockish tone of husband Amadou Bagayoko's guitar is almost a signature.
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She boasts a what-the-fuck attitude that betrays punk-rockish roots.
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She boasts a what-the-fuck attitude that betrays punk-rockish roots.
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