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rap

/ rap /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a gentle blow
Type of:
bump blow
Derived:
tap knock pink tip strike
verb Sense 2
perform rap music
Type of:
perform
Derived:
rap music hip-hop
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Domain:
music
noun Sense 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
Type of:
black music African-American music popular music
noun Sense 4
voluble conversation
Type of:
conversation
Domain:
colloquialism
verb Sense 5
strike sharply
"rap him on the knuckles"
Type of:
strike
Kinds of:
knock
Derived:
knock belt whack whang strike
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 6
talk volubly
Type of:
talk speak
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 7
make light, repeated taps on a surface
"he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
Type of:
sound go
Derived:
knock knocking strike tap pat
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 8
the sound made by a gentle blow
Type of:
sound
Kinds of:
pitter-patter
Derived:
tap knock pink tip dab
noun Sense 9
a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
"he took the blame for it"
"it was a bum rap"
Type of:
reproach
Derived:
blame find fault pick
noun Sense 10
the act of hitting vigorously
"he gave the table a whack"
Type of:
blow
Derived:
whang whack wham whop wallop
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
10
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
47
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

bump blow perform black music African-American music popular music conversation strike knock talk speak sound