rock music
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.
• Syn:
rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock
• Members of this Topic:
backbeat
• Hypernyms:
popular music, popular music genre
• Hyponyms:
heavy metal, heavy metal music, progressive rock, art rock, psychedelic rock,
acid rock, punk rock, punk
• Part Meronyms:
backbeat
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