Definitions for rock-and-roll

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rock-and-roll rock-and-roll

Spelling: [rok-uh n-rohl]

IPA: /ˈrɒk ənˈroʊl/

Rock-And-Roll is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 399 anagrams from letters in rock-and-roll (--acdkllnoorr).

Definitions for rock-and-roll

noun

1. rock-'n'-roll.
2. a style of popular music that derives in part from blues and folk music and is marked by a heavily accented beat and a simple, repetitive phrase structure.

adjective

1. of or relating to this music.

verb (used without object)

1. to dance to or play rock-'n'-roll.

Origin of rock-and-roll

1950-55; contraction of phrase rock and roll; see rock²

Examples for rock-and-roll

Because the same year that the authority was born, 1954, the newest threat to civilization emerged: rock-and-roll music.

Rag & Bone creatively layered a dark, rock-and-roll palette that would appeal to the skinny-jean hipster.

Plus: rock-and-roll looks on the runways at Lanvin, Balmain, Mugler, and Dries Van Noten.

Dresses that resembled tapestries from the front often laced up the back in a manner that hinted at rock-and-roll youthfulness.

America gave Elvis the freedom to become a rock-and-roll star; now it was time for him to help protect that freedom.