noun
- A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western.
- usage: "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll."
- synonyms: rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock
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