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Ziggy Marley's genre
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reggae
Alternative clues for the word reggae
Word definitions for reggae in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1968, Jamaican English (first in song title "Do the Reggay" by Toots & the Maytals), perhaps [OED, Barnhart] related to rege-rege "a quarrel, protest," literally "ragged clothes," variant of raga-raga , alteration and reduplication of English rag (n.).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES roots reggae COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN music ▪ From within came the crash of reggae music . ▪ Luckily the driver has on some kind of fabulous reggae music . ▪ If Island were having hits with reggae music , Virgin ...
Usage examples of reggae.
The lilting reggae strains of Bob Marley began to pulse through the speakers, having an almost instant mellowing effect on us both.
The bad news is she smokes enough dope to supply a reggae festival in Kingston.
I was here to shift some antique silver, and the nutter earaches me over reggae and steel bands?
Add a little reggae and what more suitable combination of themes for calling up a proper boat?
The obvious tension of the Jamaicans stood in sharp contrast to the sonorous reggae rhythm that pealed from a radio on the nightstand.
Annissa watched and waited inside, her manicured nails tapping a reggae beat on the glossy metal of the small airplane she stood beside.
The soothing mixture of the faint reggae beat blended with the lapping of the ocean waves whisking her away.
Those things never go out of style, that grinding racha chacha chacha sound they make, speakers blasting out salsa, border reggae, warped conjuntos, Malaysian pop, music from a million places jammed together into one big scratchy, bumping, throbbing noise that put grooves on the inside of your skull.
Blunt Force Trauma play a kind of speed reggae heavily influenced by the antitechnological ideas of the Meltdowns.
Blunt Force Trauma play a kind of speed reggae heavily influenced by the antitechnological ideas of the Meltdowns.
Oddly this is followed by two instrumentals: the eerie African‑influenced reggae dance track "Bobo Tempo" and the second part of "Small World.
Their songwriting grew more sophisticated and the group wasn't afraid to quietly explore other genres – notably reggae ("Tell Her a Little Lie") and ballads ("Hope You Love Me Like You Say" and "Is It Me?