ragtime
noun /ˈræɡtaɪm/
/ˈræɡtaɪm/
[uncountable]- an early form of jazz, especially for the piano, first played by African American musicians in the early 1900sCultureRagtime is played with a strong rhythm which is ' ragged', not regular. Pieces of ragtime music are often called rags. The most famous ragtime musicians were 'Jelly Roll' Morton and Scott Joplin.Word Originprobably from rag sense 3 + time.