ROCK-'N'-ROLL


Meaning of ROCK-'N'-ROLL in English

— rock-'n'-roller , n.

/rok"euhn rohl"/ , n.

1. a style of popular music that derives in part from blues and folk music and is marked by a heavily accented beat and a simple, repetitive phrase structure.

adj.

2. of or pertaining to this music.

v.i.

3. to dance to or play rock-'n'-roll.

Also, rock-and-roll, rock 'n' roll .

[ 1950-55; contr. of phrase rock and roll; see ROCK 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .