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noun

Rap n. A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

Rap n. A quick, smart blow; a knock.

Rap n. A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value. "Many counterfeits passed about under the name of raps." "Tie it (her money) up so tight that you can't touch a rap, save with her consent."

Not to care a rap, to care nothing.

Not worth a rap, worth nothing.

Rap n.

Conversation; also, rapping.

(ca. 1985) A type of rhythmic talking, often with accompanying rhythm instruments; rap music.

verb

Rap v. t.

To strike with a quick blow; to knock on. "With one great peal they rap the door."

(Founding) To free (a pattern) in a mold by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.

Rap v. t. (past & past part. rapped, usually written rapt; pres. part. rapping)

To snatch away; to seize and hurry off. "And through the Greeks and Ilians they rapt The whirring chariot." "From Oxford I was rapt by my nephew, Sir Edmund Bacon, to Redgrove."

To hasten. (Obs.)

To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or rapture; as, rapt into admiration. "I'm rapt with joy to see my Marcia's tears." "Rapt into future times, the bard begun."

To exchange; to truck. (Obs. & Low)

To engage in a discussion, converse.

(ca. 1985) To perform a type of rhythmic talking, often with accompanying rhythm instruments. It is considered by some as a type of music; see rap music.

To rap and ren, To rap and rend. To seize and plunder; to snatch by violence. "(Ye) waste all that ye may rape and renne." "All they could rap and rend and pilfer."

To rap out, to utter with sudden violence, as an oath. "A judge who rapped out a great oath."

Rap v. i. (past & past part. rapped; pres. part. rapping) To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door.

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Etymology of 'Rap'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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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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