Noun: rock-and-roll 'rók-und'rówl
- A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
"The Beatles helped revolutionize rock-and-roll in the 1960s";
- rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music, R&R, R'n'R [non-standard]
Derived forms: rock and rolls
Type of: popular music, popular music genre
Encyclopedia: Rock-and-roll