Definition of
rap has definitions from the fields of music,fine art,performing arts
1
[ verb ] strike sharply

Synonyms

knap

Examples

"rap him on the knuckles"

Used in print

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

Then Throneberry rapped into a fast double_play .

Related terms

strike knock knock

2
[ noun ] a reproach for some lapse or misdeed

Synonyms

blame

Examples

"he took the blame for it" "it was a bum rap"

Used in print

([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)

You 'll take the rap .

Related terms

reproach blame

3
[ noun ] (informal) voluble conversation

Related terms

conversation colloquialism

4
[ noun ] the sound made by a gentle blow

Synonyms

tap pat

Related terms

sound pitter-patter dab tap

5
[ noun ] (music,fine art) 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

Related terms

popular_music african-american_music vocal_music

6
[ verb ] talk volubly

Related terms

talk

7
[ noun ] a gentle blow

Synonyms

strike tap

Related terms

bump hit tap

8
[ verb ] (music,performing arts) perform rap music

Related terms

perform music

9
[ verb ] make light, repeated taps on a surface

Synonyms

knock pink tap

Examples

"he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"

Related terms

go pat tapping knock tap

10
[ noun ] the act of hitting vigorously

Synonyms

belt whack whang knock

Examples

"he gave the table a whack"

Related terms

blow knock whang

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Rhymes with

wrap trap frap crap strap scrap unwrap entrap flytrap mousetrap bootstrap

Phonetic and Homophones

R AE1 P wrap  Rapp  rappe

Similar Spelling

Rapp Rape Raap Raupp Rappa raphe rappee Raphia RAF rave Raub Raff Raby Rabe Rabb Raab Raffa rabbi Raabe

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