English-Italian translations for rock and roll

• rock
  Non è tanto rock and roll quanto piuttosto un lento fox-trot . It is not a case of rock and roll so much as of a slow foxtrot.
  Persino il fatto che a un deputato il programma della Presidenza abbia ricordato il rock and roll l'ho interpretato come un'espressione di approvazione. I even took as an endorsement the remarks that our presidency programme reminded one Member of rock and roll.

Definition of rock and roll

• 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
• An intangible feeling, philosophy, belief or allegiance relating to rock music , and heavy metal bearing certain elements of this music, pertaining to unbridled enthusiasm, cynical regard for certain Christian and authoritarian bodies, and attitudes befitting some degree of youthful debauchery. This meaning is sometimes used as an exclamation, in describing traits of certain people, and so on
• The full automatic fire capability selection on a selective fire weapon
• To have sex
• To start, commence, begin, get moving

Examples

• Does everyone know what car theyre going in? Then lets rock and roll!

Related words

• Rock Sandpiper
• rock band
• rock candy
• Rock Island
• rock and roll‎
• rock and roll fan
• between a rock and a hard place
• be stuck between a rock and a hard place
• to be caught between a rock and a hard place