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reggae

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"Jamaican music style"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹɛɡeɪ/Part of speech nounSorted aeeggrStarts with REnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Jamaican music style with strong offbeat rhythm.

Word origin

From Jamaican Creole rege (“rags; a quarrel”), see rag; originally used in the 1960s to describe a Jamaican dance. Compare ragtime. Broader musical sense popularized by the 1968 Maytals song “Do the Reggay”.

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonym: (earlier) bluebeat
  • I want to do the reggay with you / Come onto me, do the dance

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