RAP

knock, belt, rap, whack, whang

(noun) the act of hitting vigorously; “he gave the table a whack”

blame, rap

(noun) a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; “he took the blame for it”; “it was a bum rap”

rap, rap music, hip-hop

(noun) 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

rap

(noun) voluble conversation

pat, rap, tap

(noun) the sound made by a gentle blow

rap, strike, tap

(noun) a gentle blow

rap

(verb) talk volubly

rap, knap

(verb) strike sharply; “rap him on the knuckles”

tap, rap, knock, pink

(verb) make light, repeated taps on a surface; “he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

RAP (plural RAPs)

recognized air picture

(UK, pensions) Initialism of retirement annuity plan.

Anagrams

• APR, ARP, Apr, Apr., Arp, PAR, PRA, Par, RPA, apr, arp, par

Etymology 1

Noun

rap (countable and uncountable, plural raps)

(countable) A sharp blow with something hard.

(slang) Blame for something.

(countable, slang) A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.

(informal) A casual talk.

(music genre, uncountable) Rap music.

A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.

(Australian, informal) An appraisal.

(Australian, informal) A positive appraisal; a recommendation.

Synonyms

• (blame): fall

Etymology 2

Verb

rap (third-person singular simple present raps, present participle rapping, simple past and past participle rapped)

(intransitive) To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.

(transitive, dated) To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.

(metalworking) To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.

(ambitransitive) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.

(informal, intransitive) To talk casually; to engage in conversation.

Synonyms

• (strike something sharply with one's knuckles): knock, noogie

Etymology 3

Noun

rap (plural raps)

A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

Etymology 4

Noun

rap (plural raps)

(historical) 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.

A whit; a jot.

Etymology 5

Verb

rap (third-person singular simple present raps, present participle rapping, simple past and past participle rapt or rapped)

(transitive) To seize and carry off.

(transitive) To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture.

Anagrams

• APR, ARP, Apr, Apr., Arp, PAR, PRA, Par, RPA, apr, arp, par

Proper noun

Rap

(slang, attributive) The Rapaport Diamond Report, the diamond industry standard for the pricing of diamonds.

Anagrams

• APR, ARP, Apr, Apr., Arp, PAR, PRA, Par, RPA, apr, arp, par

Source: Wiktionary

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Rap, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]

Definition: A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn. Knight.

Rap, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Rapping.] Etym: [Akin to Sw. rappa to strike, rapp stroke, Dan. rap, perhaps of imitative origin.]

Definition: To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door.

Rap, v. t.

1. To strike with a quick blow; to knock on. With one great peal they rap the door. Prior.

2. (Founding)

Definition: To free (a pattern) in a mold by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.

Rap, n.

Definition: A quick, smart blow; a knock.

Rap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rapped, usually written Rapt; p. pr. & vb. n. Rapping.] Etym: [OE. rapen; akin to LG. & D. rapen to snatch, G. raffen, Sw. rappa; cf. Dan. rappe sig to make haste, and Icel. hrapa to fall, to rush, hurry. The word has been confused with L. rapere to seize. Cf. Rape robbery, Rapture, Raff, v., Ramp, v.]

1. To snatch away; to seize and hurry off. And through the Greeks and Ilians they rapt The whirring chariot. Chapman. From Oxford I was rapt by my nephew, Sir Edmund Bacon, to Redgrove. Sir H. Wotton.

2. To hasten. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

3. To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or rapture; as, rapt into admiration. I'm rapt with joy to see my Marcia's tears. Addison. Rapt into future times, the bard begun. Pope.

4. To exchange; to truck. [Obs. & Law] To rap and ren, To rap and rend. Etym: [Perhaps fr. Icel. hrapa to hurry and ræna plunder, fr. ran plunder, E. ran.] To seize and plunder; to snatch by violence. Dryden. "[Ye] waste all that ye may rape and renne." Chaucer. All they could rap and rend pilfer. Hudibras.

– To rap out, to utter with sudden violence, as an oath. A judge who rapped out a great oath. Addison.

Rap, n. Etym: [Perhaps contr. fr. raparee.]

Definition: A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value. Many counterfeits passed about under the name of raps. Swift. Tie it [her money] up so tight that you can't touch a rap, save with her consent. Mrs. Alexander. Not to care a rap, to care nothing.

– Not worth a rap, worth nothing.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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