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Definition of "rock-and-roll" [rock-and-roll]

  • Variant of rock 'n' roll. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "rock-and-roll" in a sentence
  • "Welcome to the rock-and-roll spirited movement that has no reason."
  • "If it helps to lighten things up, add this incantation: Let the gods shake-and-bake me with their spiritual rock-and-roll."
  • "But no music has been the object of more apocalyptic fears than rock-and-roll in 1950s America."