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    ROCK 'N' ROLL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-westernplay

    Example:

    rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll.

    Synonyms:

    rock; rock'n'roll; rock-and-roll; rock 'n' roll; rock and roll; rock music

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("rock 'n' roll" is a kind of...):

    popular music; popular music genre (any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time))

    Meronyms (parts of "rock 'n' roll"):

    backbeat (a loud steady beat)

    Domain member category:

    backbeat (a loud steady beat)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rock 'n' roll"):

    heavy metal; heavy metal music (loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery)

    art rock; progressive rock (a style of rock music that emerged in the 1970s; associated with attempts to combine rock with jazz and other forms; intended for listening and not dancing)

    acid rock; psychedelic rock (a musical style that emerged in the 1960s; rock music inspired by or related to drug-induced experience)

    punk; punk rock (rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock)

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