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rockabilly

rock·a·bil·ly
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rok-uh-bil-ee]
    • /ˈrɒk əˌbɪl i/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rok-uh-bil-ee]
    • /ˈrɒk əˌbɪl i/

Definitions of rockabilly word

  • noun rockabilly a style of popular music combining the features of rock-'n'-roll and hillbilly music. 1
  • noun rockabilly country-style rock 'n' roll music 1
  • uncountable noun rockabilly Rockabilly is a kind of fast rock music which developed in the southern United States in the 1950s. 0
  • noun rockabilly a fast, spare style of White rock music which originated in the mid-1950s in the US South 0
  • noun rockabilly (as modifier) 0
  • noun rockabilly an early form of rock-and-roll with a strong country music influence 0

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Origin of rockabilly

First appearance:

before 1955
One of the 4% newest English words
1955-60, Americanism; rock(-'n'-roll) + -a- connective + (hill)billy

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Parts of speech for Rockabilly

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

rockabilly popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

rockabilly usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for rockabilly

noun rockabilly

  • country rock — the rock surrounding a mineral vein or igneous intrusion
  • folk rock — a style of music combining characteristics of rock-'n'-roll and folk music, often exemplified by protest songs to a rock-'n'-roll beat, and at its height of popularity in the late 1960s.
  • folk-rock — a style of music combining characteristics of rock-'n'-roll and folk music, often exemplified by protest songs to a rock-'n'-roll beat, and at its height of popularity in the late 1960s.

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