Noun: rock'n'roll 'ró-kun'rówl
- 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";
- rock 'n' roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music, R&R, R'n'R [non-standard]
Derived forms: rock'n'rolls
Type of: popular music, popular music genre
Encyclopedia: Rock'n'roll