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

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

Momsen, the former Cindy Lou Who, is now 32 and seemingly the patron saint of gothic hard rock. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026

Following alt-rock’s aughties surge, a slew of bands like Mastodon, the Mars Volta, and Coheed & Cambria became main-stage festival acts by adapting modern hard rock conventions into over-the-top mutations. — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026

And what that means is they were closed to new hard rock mining claims, they were closed to new leasing for oil, gas, coal. — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 16 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