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ragtime

US/ˈɹæɡˌtaɪm/

ragtime noun: a musical form having a rhythm characterized by strong syncopation in the melody with a regularly accented accompaniment.

Noun

ragtime (countable and uncountable, plural ragtimes)

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

Verb

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.

ragtime meaning in Bengali and Kannada

ragtime in Bengali

র‍্যাগটাইম

ragtime in Kannada

ಅವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯ, ಗೊಂದಲದ, ದೊಂಬಿಯ, ಅಪಕೀರ್ತಿಯ, ಕೆಳಮಟ್ಟದ, ಕೀಳುದರ್ಜೆಯ

Forms of ragtime

Noun
pluralragtimes
alternative formrag-time
Verb
third-person singular presentragtimes
present participleragtiming
past participleragtimed
pastragtimed

Origin of ragtime

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

Words formed from ragtime

Questions about ragtime

What does ragtime mean?
Ragtime means a musical form having a rhythm characterized by strong syncopation in the melody with a regularly accented accompaniment.
What is ragtime in Bengali?
Ragtime in Bengali is র‍্যাগটাইম. See Ragtime meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is ragtime?
Ragtime can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce ragtime?
Ragtime is pronounced /ˈɹæɡˌtaɪm/ (US).
What is the plural of ragtime?
The plural of ragtime is ragtimes.

Words near ragtime in the dictionary

  1. ragtag and bobtail
  2. ragtags
  3. ragtail
  4. ragtail and bobtail
  5. ragtails
  6. ragtime
  7. ragtime-like
  8. ragtimed
  9. ragtimelike
  10. ragtimer
  11. ragtimers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ragtime (page history and authors); ragtime (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ragtime (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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