ragga

ragga (uncountable)

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

   2019, Wiley et al (lyrics and music), “Boasty”:

   Fling a ragga riddim like it's '03

• raga

• Gagra

• IPA^(key): /ˈraɡ.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡɡa
• Hyphenation: ràg‧ga

ragga m (uncountable)

1. Clipping of raggamuffin (“ragga”).

• ragga in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Definitions 1-3 originate from ragg (“fur, bristles”). Definitions 4-5 are associated with the raggare subculture, possibly from trucker slang (åkarslang) ragga (upp) ("to pick something or someone up").[1]

ragga (present raggar, preterite raggade, supine raggat, imperative ragga)

1. (dialect, Småland: gå å ragga) to go around untidy, uncombed, hair hanging down[2]
2. (reflexive, dialect, Hälsingland: ragga sej) to regret[3]
3. (ragga till) to bristle[4]
4. to search, look for, hit on, pick up (women, in cars)[5]

   Han raggade på henne

   He was hitting on her

   De åkte runt och raggade

   They were driving around trying to pick up women

   att ragga upp någon

   to pick someone up

   Synonym: (hit on) stöta på

5. (figuratively) to search, look for, recruit (sponsors, supporters, new members)

   Vi försöker ragga sponsorer

   We're trying to pick up sponsors

   • 2009, Sydöstran (newspaper), December 2

     BTH raggar studenter i Lettland och Litauen

     Blekinge Institute of Technology recruits students in Latvia and Lithuania

Often used purely to mean hit on in (sense 4), independent of raggare culture.

• raggare