Usually means: Loud, aggressive rock with distortion.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. hard rock: Merriam-Webster
  2. hard rock: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hard rock: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hard rock: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hard-rock: Wordnik
  6. hard rock: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. hard-rock, hard rock: Dictionary.com
  8. Hard Rock (disambiguation), Hard Rock, Hard rock: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. hard rock: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. hard rock: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  11. hard rock: Wiktionary
  12. hard rock: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Hard-rock, hard rock: Encyclopedia

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. hard rock: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Hard rock: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  3. Hard Rock: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hard rock)

▸ noun:  (music) A rock music genre marked by a heavy regular beat, high amplification, and usually frenzied performances.

Similar:
happy hardcore, hip-hop, post-hardcore, hardcore, posthardcore, hardstep, hardstyle, acid house, house music, hardbop, more...

Opposite:
soft rock, pop rock, easy listening

Phrases:
hard as a rock, Hard Rock Cafe, Hard Rock Stadium, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, more...



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Similar:
happy hardcore, hip-hop, post-hardcore, hardcore, posthardcore, hardstep, hardstyle, acid house, house music, hardbop, more...

Opposite:
soft rock, pop rock, easy listening

Phrases:
hard as a rock, Hard Rock Cafe, Hard Rock Stadium, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Hard Rock Hallelujah, Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance, more...



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