rock-n-roll
rock-n-roll is the alternative form of rock and roll.
Meaning of rock and roll
Noun
rock and roll (uncountable)
- A genre of popular music that evolved in the 1950s from a combination of rhythm and blues and country music, characterized by electric guitars, strong rhythms, and youth-oriented lyrics.
- A style of vigorous dancing associated with this genre of music.
- An intangible feeling, philosophy, belief or allegiance relating to rock music, characterized by unbridled enthusiasm, hedonism, and cynical regard for authoritarian bodies.
- rock and roll lifestyle
- Dole, payment by the state to the unemployed.
- I'm back on rock and roll
- The full automatic fire capability selection on a selective fire weapon.
- The ability to run the picture and audio back and forth in synchronization, allowing the correction of mistakes during dubbing.
- The dubbing theatre is a viewing theatre equipped for running the picture with a great many tracks interlocked to run synchronously. Once laced up, they can be run forwards or backwards remaining in synch; when it was first introduced this system was given the name 'rock and roll'.2004, Robert Angell, Getting Into Films & Television, page 56
Questions about rock-n-roll
- What is rock-n-roll the alternative form of?
- Rock-n-roll is the alternative form of rock and roll.
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