rap
IPA: rˈæp
noun
- (countable) A sharp blow with something hard.
- (slang) Blame for something.
- (informal) A casual talk.
- (music, uncountable) Rap music.
- A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
- (Australia, informal) An appraisal.
- (Australia, informal) A positive appraisal; a recommendation.
- 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.
- (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.
- (countable, slang) A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.
- recognized air picture
- (slang, attributive) The Rapaport Diamond Report, the diamond industry standard for the pricing of diamonds.
- (US, law enforcement) Acronym of record of arrest and prosecution.
- (UK, pensions) Initialism of retirement annuity plan. [(UK, pensions) A retirement annuity contract.]
verb
- (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.
- To utter quickly and sharply.
- (transitive, intransitive) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.
- (informal, intransitive) To talk casually; to engage in conversation.
- (transitive) To seize and carry off.
- (transitive) To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture.
- to rappel
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Examples of "rap" in Sentences
- Rap made his skin red.
- She was annoyed by the rap.
- What is the purpose of rap
- The boys fought due to rap.
- I was mad at him for his rap.
- The rap in the song is catchy.
- The baby cried due to the rap.
- I just rap the child with a stick.
- He's the one that had the solicitation rap.
- They are typically rapped, and are humorous or satiric.
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