reggae

/ˈɹɛɡeɪ/

noun 1

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ADJ.

cool, mean

The reggae band played such cool music that everyone started dancing.

VERB + REGGAE

called, heard, know, knows, like, likes, name, think

My dad really likes reggae music and plays it in the car every morning.

REGGAE + NOUN

music

My friends and I discovered reggae music during a backpacking trip through Jamaica last summer.

PREP.

about, in

My dad used to play reggae in the car during our family road trips.

ADV.

then

Back then reggae music was becoming popular in clubs all around the city.

Definitions

noun

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

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Near-synonym: (earlier) bluebeat

Wiktionary

I want to do the reggay with you / Come onto me, do the dance

Wiktionary

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, origi

Wiktionary

What do you think of reggae?

Tatoeba · #29525

Tom knows Mary likes reggae.

Tatoeba · #1028410

Tom likes reggae.

Tatoeba · #1482686

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