rap

noun

  1. 1

    the act of hitting vigorously

    he gave the table a whack

  2. 2

    a reproach for some lapse or misdeed

    he took the blame for it

    it was a bum rap

  3. 3

    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

  4. 4

    voluble conversation

  5. 5

    the sound made by a gentle blow

  6. 6

    a gentle blow

verb

  1. 1

    talk volubly

  2. 2

    strike sharply

    rap him on the knuckles

  3. 3

    perform rap music

  4. 4

    make light, repeated taps on a surface

    he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently

Synonyms

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