rockabilly

English

Etymology

Blend of rock +‎ hillbilly

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒkəˌbɪli/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑːkəˌbɪli/

Noun

rockabilly (countable and uncountable, plural rockabillies or rockabillys)

1. (uncountable, music) A genre of music originating from the South (United States) and mixing elements of rock, blues, country, hillbilly boogie and bluegrass music.
2. (countable) A member of the subculture associated with rockabilly music.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• funkabilly
• gothabilly
• polkabilly
• pornabilly, pornobilly
• psychobilly
• punkabilly

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English rockabilly.

Noun

rockabilly m (plural rockabillys)

1. rockabilly

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.