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

Synonyms

knap

Examples

"rap him on the knuckles"

2
[ noun ] a reproach for some lapse or misdeed

Synonyms

blame

Examples

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

3
[ noun ] (informal) voluble conversation
4
[ noun ] the sound made by a gentle blow

Synonyms

tap pat

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

6
[ verb ] talk volubly
7
[ noun ] a gentle blow

Synonyms

strike tap

8
[ verb ] (music,performing arts) perform rap music
9
[ verb ] make light, repeated taps on a surface

Synonyms

knock pink tap

Examples

"he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"

10
[ noun ] the act of hitting vigorously

Synonyms

belt whack whang knock

Examples

"he gave the table a whack"

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Rhymes with

wrapped rapt trapped apt unwrapped tapped kept napped capped slapped adapt untapped kidnaped kidnapped handicapped

Phonetic and Homophones

R AE1 P T

Similar Spelling

raped rapid rapt Raphidae ripped rabid

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