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prerock

prerock adjective: before the advent of rock music.

Adjective

prerock (not comparable)

  1. Before the advent of rock music.
    • The prerock tradition has acquired so many layers of cultural implication that singers who take it too seriously tend to sound more like curators than entertainers.2007 May 14, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times

Origin of prerock

From pre- + rock.

Questions about prerock

What does prerock mean?
Prerock means before the advent of rock music.
What part of speech is prerock?
Prerock is an adjective.

Words near prerock in the dictionary

  1. prerinses
  2. prerinsing
  3. preriot
  4. prerisk
  5. Prerna
  6. prerock
  7. Prerog.
  8. prerogatival
  9. prerogative
  10. prerogative court
  11. prerogative courts

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