/reg"ay/ , n.
a style of Jamaican popular music blending blues, calypso, and rock-'n'-roll, characterized by a strong syncopated rhythm and lyrics of social protest.
[ reggay (introduced in the song "Do the Reggay" (1968) by Frederick "Toots" Hibbert), a dance name based on rege, *strege a dowdy or raggedy fellow; Compare rege-rege ragged clothing, quarrel, row ]