Definition of Ragga

1. Noun. (music) a subgenre of reggae that incorporates hip hop, rhythm and blues and sampling; dancehall ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ragga

1. a type of rap music developed from reggae [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ragga

rageholic
rageholics
rageless
ragelike
ragequit
ragequits
ragequitted
ragequitting
rager
ragers
ragery
rages
ragest
rageth
ragg
ragga (current term)
raggamuffin
raggamuffins
raggare
raggares
raggas
ragged
ragged-fringed orchid
ragged orchid
ragged orchis
ragged red fibers
ragged robin
raggeder
raggedest
raggedier

Literary usage of Ragga

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"... ragga-MUFFIN, A blackguard, from rag, and I know not what, says Dr. Johnson, QU. (if it be not presumptuous to explain what the great lexicographer ..."

2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1906)
"4, p. 135, pi. viii, figs. 1-5. Distribution.—Cenomanian : Algeria. Marls at Wadi ragga, Sinai. L 4223. Collected by the late T. Barron, Esq. 7. ..."

3. Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse by Anna Sewell (1904)
"... and called me a little raggaragga—" "They called her a little blue raggamuffin, father," said Harry, who ran in looking very angry; "but I have given ..."

4. Across Widest Africa: An Account of the Country and People of Eastern by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1907)
"There were fair camping grounds nearly all along this route, only horse-flies and the supposed tze-tze being plentiful and troublesome. From ragga to Dem ..."

5. Through Five Turkish Provinces by Mark Sykes (1900)
"On the way to ragga I wanted to take a photograph, but with great cunning one of my muleteers managed to ... ragga was reached at about half past four. ..."

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