Definitions from Wiktionary (rock and roll)
▸ noun: (music) 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.
▸ noun: (dance) A style of vigorous dancing associated with this genre of music.
▸ noun: (especially attributive) An intangible feeling, philosophy, belief or allegiance relating to rock music, characterized by unbridled enthusiasm, hedonism, and cynical regard for authoritarian bodies.
▸ noun: (Cockney rhyming slang) Dole, payment by the state to the unemployed.
▸ noun: (military, slang, US) The full automatic fire capability selection on a selective fire weapon.
▸ noun: (film, television) The ability to run the picture and audio back and forth in synchronization, allowing the correction of mistakes during dubbing.
▸ verb: (dated slang, euphemistic, 1920s, African-American Vernacular) To have sex.
▸ verb: To play rock and roll music.
▸ verb: To start, commence, begin, get moving.
▸ Also see rock_and_roll
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▸ noun: (music) 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.
▸ noun: (dance) A style of vigorous dancing associated with this genre of music.
▸ noun: (especially attributive) An intangible feeling, philosophy, belief or allegiance relating to rock music, characterized by unbridled enthusiasm, hedonism, and cynical regard for authoritarian bodies.
▸ noun: (Cockney rhyming slang) Dole, payment by the state to the unemployed.
▸ noun: (military, slang, US) The full automatic fire capability selection on a selective fire weapon.
▸ noun: (film, television) The ability to run the picture and audio back and forth in synchronization, allowing the correction of mistakes during dubbing.
▸ verb: (dated slang, euphemistic, 1920s, African-American Vernacular) To have sex.
▸ verb: To play rock and roll music.
▸ verb: To start, commence, begin, get moving.
▸ Also see rock_and_roll
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