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alt-rock

alt-rock noun: clipped compound of alternative rock.

Noun

alt-rock (uncountable)

  1. Clipped compound of alternative rock.
    • Launching a startup in 2016 is akin to assembling an alt-rock band in 1996 or protesting the Vietnam War in 1971—an act of youthful rebellion gone conformist.2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker

Forms of alt-rock

alternative formalt rock

Origin of alt-rock

From alt- + rock.

Words formed from alt-rock

Questions about alt-rock

What does alt-rock mean?
Alt-rock means clipped compound of alternative rock.
What part of speech is alt-rock?
Alt-rock is a noun.

Words near alt-rock in the dictionary

  1. alt-righters
  2. alt-rightist
  3. alt-rightists
  4. alt-rights
  5. alt-righty
  6. alt-rock
  7. alt-rocker
  8. alt-rockers
  9. alt-tab
  10. Alt-Tabbed
  11. Alt-Tabbing

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