rockabilly

noun

rock·​a·​bil·​ly ˈrä-kə-ˌbi-lē 

: popular music marked by features of rock and country music

Examples of rockabilly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Within a decade, the rockabilly and blues hit factory at Sun Records was joined by R&B and soul torchbearers at Stax, American Sound Studios, and Hi Records—Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Booker T. and the M.G.’s and Isaac Hayes. —Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026

Travel through his rockabilly, military, movie and Las Vegas concert years. —Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2026

Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives opened the show with a blend of rockabilly, honky-tonk and bluegrass. —Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 9 Aug. 2025

The presentation is pure camp, delivered with schlocky B-horror movie flair, dozens of pop culture references, and tributes to different rock genres in the form of trope-y boss fights with parodies of punks, rockabillies, and so on. —Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2024

Word History

Etymology

rock entry 2 + -a- (as in rock-a-bye, phrase used to put a child to sleep) + hillbilly

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rockabilly

• microvilli
• piccadilly
• bacilli
• tranquilly
• billie
• billy
• chilli
• chilly
• dilly
• filly
• frilly
• gillie