ragtime

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

rag·time BrE [ˈræɡtaɪm] NAmE [ˈræɡtaɪm] noun uncountable
an early form of ↑jazz, especially for the piano, first played by African American musicians in the early 1900s

Word Origin:
[ragtime] probably from ↑rag sense 3 + ↑time.

Culture:
Ragtime is played with a strong rhythm which is ‘ragged’, i.e. not regular. Pieces of ragtime music are often called rags. The most famous ragtime musicians were ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton and Scott Joplin.