Dictionary![]() ![]() rag•timePronunciation: (rag'tīm"), [key] —n. Music. 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. Rag•timePronunciation: (rag'tīm"), [key] —n. a novel (1975) by E. L. Doctorow. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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