ragtime

• rag-time

Likely from ragged +‎ time, in reference to its heavy use of syncopation,^[1] or from rag, an American dialectal term for a dance ball.^[2]

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæɡˌtaɪm/

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ragtime (countable and uncountable, plural ragtimes)

1. (music, uncountable) A musical form having a rhythm characterized by strong syncopation in the melody with a regularly accented accompaniment.
2. (music, countable) A piece of music in this style.

ragtime (third-person singular simple present ragtimes, present participle ragtiming, simple past and past participle ragtimed)

1. (ambitransitive, uncommon) To perform this style of music.

• Tregami, migrate

Unadapted borrowing from English ragtime.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrak.tajm/
• Rhymes: -aktajm
• Syllabification: rag‧time

ragtime m inan (related adjective ragtime'owy or ragtimowy)

1. (music, uncountable) ragtime (musical form having a rhythm characterized by strong syncopation in the melody with a regularly accented accompaniment)
2. (music, countable) ragtime (piece of music in this style)

• “ragtime”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “ragtime”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Unadapted borrowing from English ragtime.

ragtime n (plural ragtime-uri)

1. ragtime