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rap Definition

• (n) a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap"
• (n) a gentle blow
• (n) the sound made by a gentle blow
• (n) voluble conversation
• (n) 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
• (n) the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"
• (v) strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles"
• (v) make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
• (v) perform rap music
• (v) talk volubly

rap Synonyms

• belt
• blame
• hip-hop
• knap
• knock
• pat
• pink
• rap
• rap music
• strike
• tap
• whack
• whang