alt rock

A form of alt-rock — Clipped compound of alternative rock.

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Meanings

nounalt rock (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of alt-rock.

    The headliners — Weezer and Dinosaur Jr. — were alt rock acts that had turned the sound of disconnection into an audience almost two decades ago. Exactly how that was going to mesh with blue skies and umbrella drinks wasn’t clear to me.

    2012 March 30, Joe Levy, “Rockers at Sea”, in The New York Times
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APA

alt rock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alt%20rock

MLA

“alt rock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alt%20rock. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alt rock,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alt%20rock.

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