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| 1. | [ verb ] strike sharply | |
| Synonyms: | knap | |
| Examples: | "rap him on the knuckles" |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| Related terms: | blow knock whang | |
| 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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