Definition of 'rap'

Noun

1. a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap"
      Synonyms: blame
2. a gentle blow
      Synonyms: strike tap
3. the sound made by a gentle blow
      Synonyms: pat tap
4. voluble conversation
5. 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: rap music hip-hop
6. the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"
      Synonyms: knock belt whack whang

Verb

1. strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles"
      Synonyms: knap
2. make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
      Synonyms: tap knock pink
3. perform rap music
4. talk volubly

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