rap 1 (r p)v. rapped, rap·ping, raps v.tr. 1. To hit sharply and swiftly; strike: rapped the table with his fist. 2. To utter sharply: rap out a complaint. 3. To criticize or blame. v.intr. To strike a quick light blow: rapped on the door. n. Idioms: 1. A quick light blow or knock. 2. A knocking or tapping sound. 3. Slang a. A reprimand. b. A sentence to serve time in prison. 4. Slang A negative quality or characteristic associated with a person or an object. beat the rap Slang To escape punishment or be acquitted of a charge. take the rap Slang To accept punishment or take the blame for an offense or error. [Middle English rappen, possibly of imitative origin.] |
| rap 2 (rp) tr.v. rapt or rapped (r pt), rap·ping, raps Archaic 1. past participle rapt To enchant or seize with rapture. 2. To snatch. [Back-formation from rapt.] |
| rap 3 (rp) n. Informal The least bit: I don't give a rap about office politics. I don't care a rap what you do. [From obsolete rap, 18th-century Irish counterfeit halfpenny, from Irish Gaelic, alteration (possibly influenced by rap, piece, bit) of ropaire, cutthroat; see rapparee.] |
| rap 4 (rp) n. 1. Slang A talk, conversation, or discussion. 2. a. A form of popular music developed especially in African-American urban communities and characterized by spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics with a strong rhythmic accompaniment. b. A composition or performance of such music. intr.v. rapped, rap·ping, raps 1. Slang To discuss freely and at length. 2. To perform rap music. [Possibly from rap.] Our Living Language The culture of hip-hop has been the source of dozens of words and expressions in American English, of which rap is one of the most familiar. The word is probably a development ultimately of rap meaning "to hit." It shows up in the early 1900s in the extended meaning "to express orally," as used by so notable a figure as Winston Churchill in 1933. Over the next few decades it came to mean "to discuss or debate informally," a meaning that was well established in the African-American community by the late 1960s. A decade later the word was applied to an evolving style of music characterized by, among other things, beat-driven rhymes of an often improvisatory nature. The slang that is integral to the lyrics of rap continues to be a source of borrowings into colloquial American English; recent examples include chill, meaning "to calm down," and dis, meaning "to show disrespect to." These are but the latest examples in a long series of such borrowings from Black English stretching back a century or more, many of them directly from popular music lyrics or from musicians' lingo. |
rap 1
Verb
[rapping, rapped]
1. to hit with a sharp quick blow
2. to knock loudly and sharply
3. rap out to utter in sharp rapid speech: he rapped out his address
4. to perform a rhythmic monologue with musical backing
5. Slang to talk in a relaxed and friendly way
6. to rebuke or criticize sharply
7. rap over the knuckles to reprimand
Noun
1. a sharp quick blow or the sound produced by it
2. a fast rhythmic monologue over a musical backing
3. a sharp rebuke or criticism
4. Slang a legal charge: a murder rap
5. take the rap Slang to suffer the punishment for a crime, whether guilty or not [probably from Old Norse]
rapper n
rap 2
Noun
not care a rap to not care in the least: she didn't care a rap for us [probably from ropaire, counterfeit coin formerly current in Ireland]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | rap - a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap" reproach - a mild rebuke or criticism; "words of reproach" |
| 2. |  rap - a gentle blow | |
| 3. |  rap - the sound made by a gentle blow sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them" pitter-patter - a series of rapid tapping sounds; "she missed the pitter-patter of little feet around the house" | |
| 4. | rap - voluble conversation colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech conversation - the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc. | |
| 5. |  rap - 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 emergedAfrican-American music, black music - music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses popular music, popular music genre - any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time) | |
| 6. |  rap - the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"blow - a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head" | |
| Verb | 1. | rap - strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles" strike - deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead" knock - rap with the knuckles; "knock on the door" |
| 2. | rap - make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently" | |
| 3. | rap - perform rap music music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" perform - give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera" | |
| 4. | rap - talk volubly |
rap
Translations
rap
n rap [rӕp]
a quick, brief knock or tap He heard a rap on the door. klop طَرْقَه، نَقْرَه удар zaklepání bank das Klopfen απότομο χτύπημα golpe seco koputus ضربه تند و کوتاه koputus coup sec דְפִיקָה קָלָה मुक्का kucanje koppintás ketukan létt högg, bank colpo, colpetto コツコツ 똑똑 두드리는 소리 belstelėjimas klauvējiens ketukan dengan cepat klop slag, rapp puknięcie pancada lovitură uşoară лёгкий удар;негромкий стук klepanie lahen udarec brz udarac knackning เสียงเคาะถี่ ๆ hafif bir vuruş 急拍(聲)，輕敲 легкий удар دستک tiếng gõ 急拍（声），轻敲
v – past tense, past participle rapped –
to hit or knock quickly and briefly The teacher rapped the child's fingers with a ruler; He rapped on the table and called for silence. klop, kap يَنْقُر، يَدُقُّ почуквам klepnout, zaklepat smække; banke klopfen χτυπώ απότομα, ραπίζω golpe seco dar un lööma, koputama ضربه زدن؛ تند ضربه زدن napauttaa taper sur לִדפוֹק קָלוֹת धौल मारना udariti po nečem rákoppint (vmire) memukul, mengetuk banka, slá létt í colpire, battere コツコツたたく 똑똑 두드리다 suduoti, pabelsti uzsist; pieklauvēt ketuk dengan cepat tikken slå, banke uderzyć, stukać bater a lovi, a ciocăni слегка ударять; постукивать klepnúť, zaklepať lahno udariti lupnuti slå till, knacka เคาะถี่ ๆ hafifçe vurmak 叩擊 стукати; злегка бити ہلکی ضرب لگانا gõ 叩击
rap out
to say quickly He rapped out his orders. vinnig praat يَقولُ بِسُرْعَه изричам бързо vyštěknout udstøde bellen λέω κοφτά lanzar välja pahvatama با لحن تند دستور دادن sanoa paukauttaa lancer לְסַכֵּם तेजी से कहना izgovoriti kibök memberondongkan ryðja út úr sér dare, lanciare 早口で言う 내뱉듯이 말하다 išdrožti, išbarbenti izkliegt rap blaffen støte fram, slynge ut wyrzucić z siebie comunicar a spune rapid говорить отрывисто vyšteknúť, vyhúknuť zdrdrati brzo reći utslunga, utstöta พูดโพล่ง çabucak söylemek 迅速說出 вигукувати تیزی سے بولنا nói nhanh 迅速说出
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