ragtop

/ɹˈæɡtɔp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

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Meaning

noun

Informal

"driving a ragtop"
"put the ragtop down"
"Johnny imagines all manner of chrome gadgetry that he could kipe and give to his father to jazz up his ’fifty-six Ford Vicky ragtop."
"Oh me, oh my oh Would you look at Miss Ohio She's runnin around with the ragtop down Says I wanna do right but not right now I know all about it So you don't have to shout it I'm gonna straighten it out somehow Yeah I wanna do right but not right now"

From rag + top.

ragtops (plural)

top

Questions

How do you pronounce ragtop?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈæɡtɔp/.

What does ragtop mean?

A convertible (automobile); its convertible top.

Where does ragtop come from?

From rag + top.

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