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Noun: rock-and-roll  'rók-und'rówl
  1. A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
    - rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music, R&R, R'n'R [non-standard]

Type of: popular music, popular music genre

Encyclopedia: Rock-and-roll