rock and roll
To have sexTo have sex.
Meaning
3 senses(dated, euphemistic, slang)To have sex.
To play rock and roll music.
To start, commence, begin, get moving; move along with a rocking, rolling motion.
Does everyone know what car they're going in? Then let's rock and roll!
Examples
27 sentencesOrigin
From rock (move back and forth) + and + roll; originally a verb phrase common among AfricaFrom rock (move back and forth) + and + roll; originally a verb phrase common among African Americans, meaning "to have sexual intercourse"; it was a euphemism that appeared in song titles since at least 1914 (Trixie Smith's "My Man Rocks Me With One Steady Roll").
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Forms
rocks and rolls, rocking and rolling, rocked and rolled, rocked and rolled| Base form | rock and roll · to rock and roll |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | rocks and rolls |
| Present participle | rocking and rolling |
| Past simple | rocked and rolled / rock and rolled |
| Past participle | rocked and rolled / rock and rolled |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
111 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.