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If you went to school in Nashville, you were aware of all those '60s rockabilly people.
Kim Dickens

Meaning of "rockabilly" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ROCKABILLY

From rock (and roll) + (hill)billy.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ROCKABILLY

rockabilly  [ˈrɒkəˌbɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROCKABILLY

noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rockabilly is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ROCKABILLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rockabilly

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the South. As a genre it blends the sound of American folk and Western musical styles, such as country and bluegrass, with that of rhythm and blues, leading to what is considered "classic" rock and roll. Some have also described it as a blend of the bluegrass style with rock and roll. The term "rockabilly" itself is a portmanteau of "rock" and "hillbilly", the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development. Other important influences on rockabilly include western swing and boogie woogie. Defining features of the rockabilly sound included strong rhythms, vocal twangs and common use of the tape echo, but the progressive addition of different instruments and vocal harmonies led to its "dilution". Initially popularised by artists such as Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis, the influence and success of the style waned in the 1960s; nonetheless, during the late 1970s and early 1980s, rockabilly enjoyed a major revival through acts such as the Stray Cats.

Definition of rockabilly in the English dictionary

The definition of rockabilly in the dictionary is a fast, spare style of White rock music which originated in the mid-1950s in the US South.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROCKABILLY


billy
ˈbɪlɪ
cantabile
kænˈtɑːbɪlɪ
chubbily
ˈtʃʌbɪlɪ
clubbily
ˈklʌbɪlɪ
crabbily
ˈkræbɪlɪ
Cybele
ˈsɪbɪlɪ
flabbily
ˈflæbɪlɪ
grubbily
ˈɡrʌbɪlɪ
hillbilly
ˈhɪlˌbɪlɪ
loobily
ˈluːbɪlɪ
memorabile
ˌmɛməˈræbɪlɪ
nobbily
ˈnɒbɪlɪ
psychobilly
ˈsaɪkəˌbɪlɪ
scabbily
ˈskæbɪlɪ
scrubbily
ˈskrʌbɪlɪ
shabbily
ˈʃæbɪlɪ
silly-billy
ˌsɪlɪˈbɪlɪ
snobbily
ˈsnɒbɪlɪ
stubbily
ˈstʌbɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROCKABILLY

rock-and-roll
rock-bottom
rock-bound
rock-climb
rock-girt
rock-hard
rock-ribbed
rock-solid
rock-steady
rock´n´roll
rockable
rockabye
Rockall
rockaway
rockcress
Rockefeller
rocker
rocker arm
rockeries
rockery

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROCKABILLY

Bareilly
blue billy
Caerphilly
Chantilly
chilly
dilly
filly
frilly
gilly
hilly
Piccadilly
shrilly
silly
stilly
Tilly
tranquilly
twilly
willy
willy-nilly
willy-willy

Synonyms and antonyms of rockabilly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rockabilly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROCKABILLY

Find out the translation of rockabilly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rockabilly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rockabilly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

乡村摇滚乐
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rockabilly
570 millions of speakers

English

rockabilly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Rockabilly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

روكابيلي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рокабилли
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rockabilly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রকাবিলী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rockabilly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rockabilly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rockabilly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ロカビリー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

로커 빌리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Angelina
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

rockabilly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ராக்காபில்லி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रॉकॅबिलि
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rockabilly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rockabilly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rockabilly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рокабіллі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rockabilly
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

rockabilly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rockabilly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rockabilly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rockabilly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rockabilly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROCKABILLY»

The term «rockabilly» is very widely used and occupies the 23.284 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROCKABILLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rockabilly

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8 QUOTES WITH «ROCKABILLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rockabilly.
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Kim Dickens
If you went to school in Nashville, you were aware of all those '60s rockabilly people.
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Kreayshawn
I was born in San Francisco. I was raised in Oakland, so I'm, like, super Bay Area born, and, you know, it's just really multicultural up there, and there's a lot of subcultures just from, like, anything, like from rockabilly to, like, crazy punk scenes to, you know, a huge rap scene, and there's just all kinds of things you can do out there.
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Landon Liboiron
I guess my favorite artists are The White Stripes or Tom Waits. The more theatrical the music is, the more I get into it. I also like the quieter folk music, that kind of old-school rockabilly or country. I'm not really picky when it comes to music, as long as it's honest.
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Carl Perkins
That rockabilly sound wasn't as simple as I thought it was.
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Brian Setzer
To me, rockabilly music paralleled punk's energy and feeling, but the players were much better.
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Brian Setzer
With the Stray Cats at least, we really took the music somewhere else. First, we wrote our own songs. That's a real weak point in modern classics if you do rockabilly or blues.
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Brian Setzer
For every rockabilly festival staged here, there are 10 held overseas.
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Paul Simonon
I obviously had my reggae, but I got quite into rockabilly when I was a kid, because I was trying to find something that represented me as a white person.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROCKABILLY»

Discover the use of rockabilly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rockabilly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rockabilly: The Twang Heard 'Round the World: The ...
The story continues today, with a rockabilly revival that began with stars, such as the Stray Cats and Robert Gordon, spreading around the globe from Europe to Japan. Today, rockabilly is better than ever, with bands like Rev.
‎2011
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Rockabilly: A Forty-year Journey
...a great reference guide, detailing artists, chart activity, career milestones, tours and recent activity.
Billy Poore, 1998
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Catch That Rockabilly Fever: Personal Stories of Life on the ...
This book captures the essence of life on the road and in the recording studio through interviews with many of rockabilly's foremost artists.
Sheree Homer, 2009
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A Rocket in My Pocket: The Hipster's Guide to Rockabilly Music
The book charts the rise (and fall) of the original 50s wave of rockabillies.
Max Décharné, 2010
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Go Cat Go!: Rockabilly Music and Its Makers
Looks at the history of rockabilly music, profiling such greats as Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Malcolm Yelvington, and Roy Hall
Craig Morrison, 1996
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Rockabilly: A Bibliographic Resource Guide
This book features extensive lists of printed resources on 35 years of rockabilly performers, ranging from Charlie Feathers, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley to Shakin' Stevens, The Cramps, Robert Gordon, and The Stray Cats.
B. Lee Cooper, Wayne S. Haney, 1990
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Rockin': The Rockabilly Scene
This comprehensive and fascinating look into the history and subculture of the contemporary rockabilly scene proves that rockabilly is very much alive and thriving as it was more than 50 years ago.
Andrew Shaylor, 2011
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Stand Alone Tracks, Rockabilly: Handy Guide
This is the most effective practice tool you will ever use!
Mark Brown, Robert Brown, 1995
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The Rockabilly Legends: They Called it Rockabilly Long ...
Looks at the history of rockabilly music, profiling such greats as Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Buddy Holly.
Jerry Naylor, Steve Halliday, 2007
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Rockabilly Hell
The bizarre disappearance of more than five hundred people along a stretch of highway over a forty-year period leads Sheriff's Deputy Jesse "Cole" Younger and Katti Baylor, a beautiful reporter, on a terrifying journey behind the doors of a ...
William W. Johnstone, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROCKABILLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rockabilly is used in the context of the following news items.
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I'm not a rockabilly artist ... and I never have been, says Imelda May
"People see my hair and they think rockabilly, and I mean there's a lot of rockabilly in what I do, but there's equal amount of blues and jazz and there's all kind of ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
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Family releases statement after death of Spartanburg Co. rockabilly
The family of Joe Bennett, lead of Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones, said his legacy is one of more than just music. The rockabilly group Joe Bennett & the ... «WHNS Greenville, Jun 15»
3
"Reno Rockabilly Riot" Road Closures
The closures are due to the "Reno Rockabilly Riot", the hot rod and muscle car festival taking place. Commercial Row will be closed from Center Street to ... «KRNV My News 4, Jun 15»
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Rockabilly Clothing Store Destroyed by Second Ave. Blast to Open …
EAST VILLAGE – A rockabilly-style clothing store, once frequented by Lou Reed, will be opening a new pop-up shop on East Sixth Street Thursday after it was ... «DNAinfo, Apr 15»
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Elvis lookalikes and burlesque queens flock to Sin City for …
The Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend - now in its 18th year - is a flashback to classic cars, vintage pinups, Tiki drinks, tattoos and a fashion aesthetic that ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
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Strip Scribbles: Large Chinese restaurant at Venetian; Rockabilly
At just under 19,000 square feet, the new Meizhou Dongpo restaurant opening around New Year's at the Venetian's Grand Canal Shops is likely to be one of the ... «Las Vegas Sun, Apr 15»
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Rockabilly fest brings Vegas music, cars, burlesque dancing …
The annual Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender at the Orleans hits its 18th year with attendees from across the planet celebrating the rockabilly lifestyle with ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Apr 15»
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Riders and Rockabilly Festival in July in West Tenn.
The newly created International Riders and Rockabilly Music and Cultural Festivals will be held during July in Jackson, Ripley, Brownsville and Union City. «Jackson Sun, Mar 15»
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A fundraiser and a competition! Restaurants, cafes, caterers face off …
91.7 WMSE's 13th annual Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser took place Sunday, March 1st at MSOE's Kern Center on N. Broadway. Awards were given to winners in ... «fox6now.com, Mar 15»
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George Thorogood Announces Co-Headlining Tour With Brian Setzer
Prior to starting the Rockabilly Riot dates, Thorogood and the Destroyers will embark on their own tour, George Thorogood and the Destoyers: Badder Than Ever ... «Ultimate Classic Rock, Feb 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Rockabilly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/rockabilly>. Apr 2024 ».
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