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rock and roll

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Noun

  1. 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. A style of vigorous dancing associated with this genre of music.
  3. An intangible feeling, philosophy, belief or allegiance relating to rock music, characterized by unbridled enthusiasm, hedonism, and cynical regard for authoritarian bodies.
  4. Dole, payment by the state to the unemployed.
  5. The full automatic fire capability selection on a selective fire weapon.
  6. The ability to run the picture and audio back and forth in synchronization, allowing the correction of mistakes during dubbing.
  7. Alternative spelling of rock and roll.

Verb

  1. To have sex.
  2. To play rock and roll music.
  3. To start, commence, begin, get moving; move along with a rocking, rolling motion.

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