English Explanatory Dictionary

rock and roll

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. A style of vigorous dancing associated with this genre of music.
  3. An intangible feeling, philosophy, belief or allegiance relating to rock music, characterized by unbridled enthusiasm, hedonism, and cynical regard for authoritarian bodies.
  4. Dole, payment by the state to the unemployed.
  5. The full automatic fire capability selection on a selective fire weapon.
  6. The ability to run the picture and audio back and forth in synchronization, allowing the correction of mistakes during dubbing.
verb
  1. To have sex.
  2. To play rock and roll music.
  3. To start, commence, begin, get moving; move along with a rocking, rolling motion.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɒk ən(d)ˈɹəʊl/ /ˈɹɑk ən(d)ˈɹoʊl/ En-au-rock and roll.ogg

Word forms

rock and roll rock-and-roll rock'n'roll rock 'n' roll rock n roll rock 'n roll rock-n-roll rock-'n'-roll rock & roll rocks and rolls rock and rolls rocking and rolling rock and rolling rocked and rolled rock and rolled

Etymology

From rock (move back and forth) + and + roll; originally a verb phrase common among African Americans, meaning "to have sexual intercourse"; it was a euphemism that appeared in song titles since at least 1914 (Trixie Smith's "My Man Rocks Me With One Steady Roll"). As a name for a specific style of popular music from the early 1950s, popularized by disc jockey Alan Freed in reference to the euphemistic use in song titles.

Synonyms

bang do it approach cohabit common company copulate couple engage in sex exchange flesh have intimate relations have marital relations have sex have sexual relations intercourse know know someone in the biblical sense make love mate share a bed sleep together strain bauf beat bone boff boink bonk bop bounce breed bump nasties bump uglies catch a dick clap cheeks dance discuss Uganda dip one's pen in someone's inkwell do the deed do the nasty eff engender expletive deleted frack frak frick frig fuck get busy get down get freaky get it get it on get jiggy get laid get lucky get one's dick wet get one's end away get one's freak on get one's groove on

Derived words

death 'n' roll rock and roller sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll un-rock and roll ready to rock and roll
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