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Rap   /ræp/   Listen
Rap

noun
1.
A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.  Synonym: blame.  "It was a bum rap"
2.
A gentle blow.  Synonyms: strike, tap.
3.
The sound made by a gentle blow.  Synonyms: pat, tap.
4.
Voluble conversation.
5.
Genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged.  Synonyms: hip-hop, rap music.
6.
The act of hitting vigorously.  Synonyms: belt, knock, whack, whang.
verb
(past & past part. rapped; pres. part. rapping)
1.
Strike sharply.  Synonym: knap.
2.
Make light, repeated taps on a surface.  Synonyms: knock, pink, tap.
3.
Perform rap music.
4.
Talk volubly.



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"Rap" Quotes from Famous Books



... will be as a spook—they laugh at microbes as well as locks. However, I promise to rap when I call." ...
— The Tyranny of the Dark • Hamlin Garland

... rap me about it," returned the young captain briefly. "I guess you'd like to see ...
— The Rover Boys on a Hunt - or The Mysterious House in the Woods • Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer)

... blossoming out. That's repartee, that is. With the accent on the rap, too. Never you mind; I think old 1812 and I will get on all right after this. It doesn't seem to bother him any, so I don't see why it should worry me. Nice motherly ...
— In the Midst of Alarms • Robert Barr

... would stand, shaking and shrinking. I dare say, it would have pitied one's heart to have seen him; nor would he go back again. At last, he took the hammer that hanged on the gate in his hand, and gave a small rap or two; then One opened to him, but he shrank back as before. He that opened stepped out after him, and said, Thou trembling one, what wantest thou? With that he fell down to the ground. He that spoke to him wondered to see him so faint. So he said ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... we are much obliged to you," said the boys, as they received them, and they proved them immediately. The balls struck the floor with a delightful sound, and rebounded higher than Mr. Gresham's head. Little Patty clapped her hands joyfully; but now a thundering double rap at ...
— Children's Literature - A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes • Charles Madison Curry


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