rock music
/ˈɹɒk ˈmjuːzɪk/US/ˈɹɑk ˈmjuzɪk/
rock music noun: a broad genre of popular music, including especially those styles ultimately derived from rock and roll, employing electrical amplification, heavy use of guitars, 4/4 time with strong percussive rhythm on beats two and four (backbeat), and usually themes of bold wildness, rebellion, and sexuality.
Noun
rock music (uncountable)
- A broad genre of popular music, including especially those styles ultimately derived from rock and roll, employing electrical amplification, heavy use of guitars, 4/4 time with strong percussive rhythm on beats two and four (backbeat), and usually themes of bold wildness, rebellion, and sexuality.
- Synonyms:
- rock, rock and roll
rock music meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
rock music in Hindi
- popular music genre
- रॉक rŏk
rock music in Tamil
- popular music genre
- ராக் இசை rāk icai
rock music in Marathi
- popular music genre
- रॉक संगीत rŏk saṅgīt
rock music in Urdu
- popular music genre
- راک مُوسِیقِی rāk mūsīqī
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- rock music in Bengali
- রক সঙ্গীত rok śoṅgit
- rock music in Malayalam
- റോക്ക് ṟōkkŭ
- rock music in Punjabi
- ਰੌਕ ਸੰਗੀਤ rauk saṅgīt
- rock music in Sinhala
- රොක් සංගීතය rok saṁgītaya
- rock music in Nepali
- रक सङ्गीत rak saṅgīt
- rock music in Arabic
- مُوسِيقَى الرُّوك mūsīqā r-rūk, رُوك rūk
- rock music in Malay
- muzik rock
- rock music in Indonesian
- musik rok
- rock music in Thai
- ร็อก rɔ́k, เพลงร็อก
- rock music in Vietnamese
- nhạc rock, rock
- rock music in Myanmar
- ရော့ခ်ဂီတ rauhk.gita.
Synonyms of rock music
Origin of rock music
Shortening of rock and roll music, in use since circa 1966 to refer to genres of popular music which had grown sufficiently distinct from 1950s rock and roll.
Questions about rock music
- What does rock music mean?
- Rock music means a broad genre of popular music, including especially those styles ultimately derived from rock and roll, employing electrical amplification, heavy use of guitars, 4/4 time with strong percussive rhythm on beats two and four (backbeat), and usually themes of bold wildness, rebellion, and sexuality.
- What is rock music in Hindi?
- Rock music in Hindi is रॉक (rŏk). See Rock music meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rock music?
- Rock music is a noun.
- How do you pronounce rock music?
- Rock music is pronounced /ˈɹɑk ˈmjuzɪk/ (US).
Words near rock music in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rock music (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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