rock-'n-roll

  • 81Rock and roll — (Expresión inglesa.) ► sustantivo masculino 1 MÚSICA Estilo musical de origen estadounidense de ritmo binario, derivado del rhythm and blues y del country and western. TAMBIÉN rock 2 DANZA, MÚSICA Baile muy rítmico que se practica con esta música …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 82rock-and-roll — 2. rock [ rɔk ] n. m. et adj. inv. • 1956; rock and roll 1955; mot angl., de to rock « balancer » et to roll « rouler » ♦ Anglic. 1 ♦ Musique populaire d origine américaine, issue du jazz. Concert de rock. Le rock français des années 60. Hard… …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 83rock and roll — noun a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm and blues with white country and western rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock n roll. • Syn: ↑rock n roll, ↑rock n roll, ↑rock and… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 84rock and roll — also rock n roll N UNCOUNT: oft N n Rock and roll is a kind of popular music developed in the 1950s which has a strong beat and is played on electrical instruments. ...Elvis Presley the King of Rock and Roll. ...the greatest rock n roll band in… …

    English dictionary

  • 85rock and roll — I UK / US noun [uncountable] rock n roll II UK / US verb [intransitive] Word forms rock and roll : present tense I/you/we/they rock and roll he/she/it rocks and rolls present participle rocking and rolling past tense rocked and rolled past… …

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  • 86rock and roll — or rock n roll noun Date: 1954 rock II,2 • rock and roll or rock n roll adjective …

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  • 87Rock and Roll — 2Rock: Das Substantiv ist entweder abgekürzt aus der Zusammensetzung Rockmusik oder aus der Bezeichnung Rock and Roll, Rock n Roll. Der Name des Tanzes ist gebildet zu engl. to rock »schaukeln, wackeln« und zu engl. to roll »drehen, herumwirbeln« …

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  • 88rock'n'roll — /rɒkənˈroʊl/ (say rokuhn rohl) noun 1. a form of pop music originating in the 1950s in America which has a twelve bar blues form, and a heavily accented rhythm. 2. a dance or style of dance performed to this music. –adjective 3. of or relating to …

  • 89rock'n'roll — or[rock and roll] {n.} A style of popular music with heavily accented rhythm. * /Rock n roll appeals mostly to youngsters nine to sixteen years old./ * /Rock and roll became popular for dances about 1954./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 90rock'n'roll — or[rock and roll] {n.} A style of popular music with heavily accented rhythm. * /Rock n roll appeals mostly to youngsters nine to sixteen years old./ * /Rock and roll became popular for dances about 1954./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms