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rap

Pronunciation: /ɹæp/

The English word “rap” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A sharp blow with something hard.
  2. The blame for something, a reprimand, censure, or a legal sentence to serve in prison
  3. A casual talk.
  4. Rap music.
  5. A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
  6. An appraisal.
  7. A positive appraisal; a recommendation.
  8. A lea or skein of yarn that forms the standard length taken from the reel, 80 yards of worsted or 120 yards of silk or cotton.
  9. Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
  10. A whit; a jot.
  11. A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.

verb

  1. To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
  2. To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
  3. To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
  4. To utter quickly and sharply.
  5. To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.
  6. To talk casually; to engage in conversation.
  7. To seize and carry off.
  8. To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture.
  9. to rappel

Etymology

From Middle English rap, rappe, of North Germanic origin, related to Norwegian rapp (“a blow, strike, lash”), Swedish rapp (“a blow, lash, crack”), Danish rap (“a tap, smart, blow”). Compare Old English hreppan (“to touch, treat”). More at rape.

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