Definitions for rap

Definitions for (noun) rap

Main entry: belt, whack, whang, rap, knock

Definition: the act of hitting vigorously

Usage: he gave the table a whack


Main entry: rap, blame

Definition: a reproach for some lapse or misdeed

Usage: he took the blame for it; it was a bum rap


Main entry: hip-hop, rap, rap music

Definition: 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


Main entry: rap

Definition: voluble conversation


Main entry: pat, rap, tap

Definition: the sound made by a gentle blow


Main entry: strike, tap, rap

Definition: a gentle blow


Definitions for (verb) rap

Main entry: rap

Definition: talk volubly


Main entry: knap, rap

Definition: strike sharply

Usage: rap him on the knuckles


Main entry: rap

Definition: perform rap music


Main entry: pink, rap, tap, knock

Definition: make light, repeated taps on a surface

Usage: he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently


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