"rock on" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: En-au-rock on.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-interj}} rock on
  1. (informal) An expression of celebration. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-rock_on-en-intj-jH8kc-1H

Verb

Audio: En-au-rock on.ogg [Australia] Forms: rocks on [present, singular, third-person], rocking on [participle, present], rocked on [participle, past], rocked on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rock on (third-person singular simple present rocks on, present participle rocking on, simple past and past participle rocked on)
  1. (informal, idiomatic, intransitive) To party to music, especially rock, or to continue to perform any such music; to maintain a lifestyle in keeping with, or inspired by, youth rock culture. Tags: idiomatic, informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-rock_on-en-verb--zLd8FIy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (on) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (on): 18 82

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