RAP

RAP

Rap may refer to: Rapping, performance in which rhyming lyrics are used, with or without musical accompaniment ; while an MC performs spoken verses in time to a beat or melody., Hip hop, Hip hop music, In the 1960s Afro-American and hippie cultures, to talk or discuss, especially freely, openly, or volubly. "Achieving rapport with random talk"

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rap

Noun

  1. A sharp blow with something hard.
    The teacher gave the wayward pupil a rap across the knuckles with her ruler.
  2. Blame (for something).
    You can't act irresponsibly and then expect me to take the rap.
  3. A casual talk
  4. Rap music.
  5. A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
  6. Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; thus, any coin of trifling value.
    Many counterfeits passed about under the name of raps. — Swift.
    Tie it money up so tight that you can't touch a rap, save with her consent. — Mrs. Alexander.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

Verb

  1. To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
  2. To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
  3. To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
  4. To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.
    ''He started to rap after listening to the Beastie Boys
    He rapped a song to his girlfriend.
  5. To talk casually.


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