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alt rock

alt rock is the alternative form of alt-rock.

Meaning of alt-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

Questions about alt rock

What is alt rock the alternative form of?
Alt rock is the alternative form of alt-rock.

Words near alt rock in the dictionary

  1. alt key
  2. alt keys
  3. alt left
  4. alt lit
  5. alt right
  6. alt rock
  7. Alt St. Johann
  8. alt text
  9. alt texts
  10. alt-
  11. Alt-A

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