hard rock

noun

: rock music marked by a heavy regular beat, high amplification, and usually frenzied performances

Examples of hard rock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Before 2015, Disturbed was already one of hard rock’s biggest bands. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

To extract valuable metals such as silver, lead, copper, and zinc from the hard rock, the ore was crushed and then smelted in a furnace using intense heat. — ABC News, 27 July 2026

After silver was discovered in the 1870s, the miners returned and hard rock mining boomed. — John Meyer, Denver Post, 26 July 2026

Now, which ultimately became the highest grossing hard rock cinema event in North American history. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hard rock

• alcock
• beanstalk
• bedrock
• boardwalk
• catwalk
• cornstalk
• crosswalk
• deadlock
• feedstock
• fetlock
• flintlock
• goshawk