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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) [syn: ragtime, rag]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: probably from ragged + time Date: 1897 1. rhythm characterized by strong syncopation in the melody with a regularly accented accompaniment in stride-piano style 2. music having ragtime rhythm

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. music characterized by a syncopated melodic line and regularly-accented accompaniment, evolved by American Black musicians in the 1890s and played esp. on the piano. --adj. sl. disorderly, disreputable, inferior (a ragtime army). Etymology: prob. f. RAG(4)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ragtime Rag"time`, n. (Mus.) Time characterized by syncopation, as in many negro melodies. [Colloq.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Ragtime is a kind of jazz piano music that was invented in America in the early 1900s.

Moby Thesaurus

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