Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
/ˈɹɛɡeɪ/ · noun
(Rastafari, music, originally dance) A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies..
Near-synonym: (earlier) bluebeat
I want to do the reggay with you / Come onto me, do the dance
I mean, the very name reggae. I mean, it wasn’t called reggae in the first place. It came from blue beat, just ska, you know? Ska and blue beat, the era, and then reggae. Because it was a dance, originally. And the DJs thought, “That’s a nice name,” and the kept saying “reggae music, reggae music” on the air all the time. “Reggae music, reggae music, the DJs on the radio. So everyone kept on saying “Reggae music”. They classed it as …(other Matumbi band members join in) Reggae.
Use reggae when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Reggae means (Rastafari, music, originally dance) A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Near-synonym: (earlier) bluebeat
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.