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rock and roll en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɒk ən(d)ˈɹəʊl/ (UK)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈɹɑk ən(d)ˈɹoʊl/ (US)

Etymology

From rock (move back and forth) + and + roll; originally a verb phrase common among African Americans, meaning "to have sexual intercourse"; it was a euphemism that appeared in song titles since at least 1914 (Trixie Smith's "My Man Rocks Me With One Steady Roll"). As a name for a specific style of popular music from the early 1950s, popularized by disc jockey Alan Freed in reference to the euphemistic use in song titles.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A genre of popular music that evolved in the 1950s from a combination of rhythm and blues and country music, characterized by electric guitars, strong rhythms, and youth-oriented lyrics.
  2. (uncountable) A style of vigorous dancing associated with this genre of music.
  3. (attributive, especially, uncountable) An intangible feeling, philosophy, belief or allegiance relating to rock music, characterized by unbridled enthusiasm, hedonism, and cynical regard for authoritarian bodies.
    • rock and roll lifestyle
  4. (Cockney, slang, uncountable) Dole, payment by the state to the unemployed.
    • I'm back on rock and roll
  5. (US, slang, uncountable) The full automatic fire capability selection on a selective fire weapon.
  6. (uncountable) The ability to run the picture and audio back and forth in synchronization, allowing the correction of mistakes during dubbing.
    • An alternative method is the use of ADR (automated dialogue replacement), which consists basically of a high speed rock and roll dubbing system and a programmable locating device. 2014, K. G. Jackson, G. B. Townsend, TV & Video Engineer's Reference Book, pages 38–7:
    • The dubbing theatre is a viewing theatre equipped for running the picture with a great many tracks interlocked to run synchronously. Once laced up, they can be run forwards or backwards remaining in synch; when it was first introduced this system was given the name 'rock and roll'. 2004, Robert Angell, Getting Into Films & Television, page 56:
    • It is very rare that an entire commentary is recorded in one take. If you need to stop for some reason — the performance isn't quite right, there's a rustle of papers, etc — you can always go back on the recording and pick it up from the point at which it went wrong. This is known as rock and roll. 2012, Colin Hart, Television Program Making, page 196:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rock-n-roll alternative lexicographic
rock 'n' roll alternative lexicographic
rock-'n'-roll alternative lexicographic
rock 'n roll alternative lexicographic
rock n roll alternative lexicographic
rock'n'roll alternative lexicographic
rock & roll alternative lexicographic
rock-and-roll alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll · rock and roller · un-rock and roll · death 'n' roll

Translations (42)

pl rock'n'roll (style of music) · de Rock and Roll (style of music) · ru рок-н-ро́лл (style of music) · es rocanrol (style of music) · hi रॉक एंड रोल (style of music) · ko 로큰롤 (style of music) · pt rock (style of music) · mi rakapioi (style of music) · fr rock 'n' roll (style of music) · uk рок-н-рол (style of music) · el ροκ εντ ρολ (style of music) · nl rock-'n-roll (style of music) · ka როკ-ენ-როლი (style of music) · fr rock and roll (style of music) · ar رُوك أَنْد رُول (style of music) · bg рокендро́л (style of music) · pl rock'n'roll (style of vigorous dancing associated with this genre of music) · vi lắc và lộn (style of music) · cmn 搖滾 /摇滚 (style of music) · fa راک اند رول (style of music) · he רוק אנד רול (style of music) · mi puoro rakapioi (style of music) · ja ロックンロール (style of music) · cy roc a rôl (style of music) · mk рокенро́л (style of vigorous dancing associated with this genre of music) · es rock and roll (style of music) · lt rokenrolas (style of music) · cs rokenrol (style of music) · pl rock and roll (style of vigorous dancing associated with this genre of music) · ro rock (style of music) · eo rokenrolo (style of music) · ar رُوك أَنْد رُول (style of music) · bg рокендрол (style of vigorous dancing associated with this genre of music) · pl rock and roll (style of music) · de Rock 'n' Roll (style of music) · mk рокенро́л (style of music) · cs rock'n'roll (style of music) · ga rac-cheol (style of music) · be рок-н-ро́лл (style of music) · ro rock and roll (style of music) · fi rock and roll (style of music) · pt rock and roll (style of music)

rock and roll en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɒk ən(d)ˈɹəʊl/ (UK)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈɹɑk ən(d)ˈɹoʊl/ (US)

Etymology

From rock (move back and forth) + and + roll; originally a verb phrase common among African Americans, meaning "to have sexual intercourse"; it was a euphemism that appeared in song titles since at least 1914 (Trixie Smith's "My Man Rocks Me With One Steady Roll"). As a name for a specific style of popular music from the early 1950s, popularized by disc jockey Alan Freed in reference to the euphemistic use in song titles.

Meanings

  1. (dated, euphemistic, qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) To have sex.
  2. To play rock and roll music.
  3. To start, commence, begin, get moving; move along with a rocking, rolling motion.
    • He puts the brakes on here and there down the next four miles of curves, but then opens her out so that she rocks and rolls through Totnes at a mile a minute for a flying start on the worst bank of the whole trip, five steep miles up to Rattery Box and four not so steep past Brent up to Wrangaton. 1956 February, W. A. Tuplin, “Hot Work on a "Star"”, in Railway Magazine, page 90:
    • Does everyone know what car they're going in? Then let's rock and roll!
    • Now we are ready to rock and roll. 2017, Ben J. Heijdra, Foundations of Modern Macroeconomics, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, page 484:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rock 'n' roll alternative lexicographic
rocked and rolled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rocked and rolled Tense=Past lexicographic
rock-and-roll alternative lexicographic
rock and rolling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rock & roll alternative lexicographic
rock-n-roll alternative lexicographic
rocking and rolling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rock 'n roll alternative lexicographic
rock n roll alternative lexicographic
rocks and rolls Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rock and rolls Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rock-'n'-roll alternative lexicographic
rock'n'roll alternative lexicographic
rock and rolled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rock and rolled Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

ready to rock and roll

Synonyms

lay the pipe · mate · shelve · have it off · approach · get · hump · intercourse · copulate · do it · clap cheeks · roger · go · make the beast with two backs · bonk · have sex · get physical · share a bed · company · common · bang · inchoate · hook up · make whoopee · root · get busy · do it · sleep together · have intimate relations · Netflix and chill · hike the Appalachian Trail · ride · get one's end away · get one's groove on · bang · play hide the sausage · eff · open · exchange flesh · rock · couple · get one's oats · rock and roll · frack · get one's leg over · rail · crack · make out · engender · bump nasties · know · bone · start · show someone one's etchings · go all the way · tumble · originate · sex · dance · initiate · have it away · get one's freak on · ming · haul one's ashes · bounce · make it · get down · begin · open · get lucky · lay pipe · bump uglies · stick · knock boots · screw · expletive deleted · meddle · do the deed · pound · get freaky · have marital relations · get jiggy · rock and roll · bauf · get some · shag · boink · see someone's etchings · catch a dick · fuck · cohabit · initiate · graft the forked tree · dip one's pen in someone's inkwell · frak · hide the salami · engage in sex · hide the wienie · pipe down · breed · get it on · strain · play · discuss Uganda · get one's dick wet · get it · pipe · jig-jig · know someone in the biblical sense · boff · beat · slap bellies · shaboink · do the nasty · get laid · frick · bop · issue · frig · hide the sausage · have sexual relations · commence · make love · penetrate · roll around · get the dirty water off one's chest