Definitions for ragtime

ragtime rag·time

Spelling: [rag-tahym]
IPA: /ˈrægˌtaɪm/

Ragtime is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 257 anagrams from letters in ragtime (aegimrt).

Definitions for ragtime

noun

  1. rhythm in which the accompaniment is strict two-four time and the melody, with improvised embellishments, is in steady syncopation.
  2. a style of American music having this rhythm, popular from about 1890 to 1915.
  3. a novel (1975) by E. L. Doctorow.

Origin of ragtime

1895-1900; probably rag(ged) + time

Examples for ragtime

But you can hear the blues in almost everything he played and sang, whether it be gospel, ragtime, marches, or nonsense songs.

ragtime was as sophisticated as Stravinsky, Van Vechten asserted, blues singer Clara Smith as sublime an artist as any opera diva.

ragtime floated to us, and presently a snatch from "The Sultan of Sulu."

A year later, she was walking the red carpet as an Academy Award nominee for her role as Evelyn Nesbit in ragtime.

ragtime, blues, country, jazz, soul, and rock and roll were all pioneered or inspired by black artists.

Years passed and I decided to upload a medley of these ragtime rock songs on YouTube, and that gained some traction.

She made coffee in a fantastic percolator, and played Débussy and ragtime.

The "piano specialty," which he originated, started the "ragtime" craze.

While perhaps to generalise these delights, a trundled organ tossed a ragtime.

Life here hammers in the blood with something of the insistence of ragtime.

Word Value for ragtime
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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