rap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹæp/
rhymes: -æp
homophone: wrap
Forms: form: raps
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.
Senses: examples: text: The teacher sat at one end of the bench, with a meek little fellow by his side. When the others were disorderly, this young martyr received a rap; intended, probably, as a sample of what the rest might expect, if they didn't amend.
ref: 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
text: He walked softly up the sanded path, tiptoed up the steps and across the piazza, and rapped at the front door, not too loudly, lest this too might attract the attention of the man across the street. There was no response to his rap. He put his ear to the door and heard voices within, and the muffled sound of footsteps. After a moment he rapped again, a little louder than before.
ref: 1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter II, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:
text: The author (obviously a naturalist of no mean order) received an official rap over the knuckles for trespassing, and for encouraging others to do so. Evidently the instigator of this reprimand had not visited the railway in blackberry time!
ref: 1950 March, Eric S. Tonks, “The Whitacre—Hampton-in-Arden Line, L.M.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 187:
glosses: A sharp blow with something hard.
examples: text: You can't act irresponsibly and then expect me to take the rap.
synonyms: blame
fall
glosses: The blame for something.
examples: text: Clearspace is holding a bisexuality rap at the center, 485 Mass Ave. 7:30pm. Topic of discussion will be femininity and masculinity.
ref: 1979 April 14, “Calendar”, in Gay Community News, page 16:
glosses: A casual talk.
examples: text: They like listening to rap.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Rap music.
glosses: A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
examples: text: a good/great/bad rap
glosses: An appraisal.
examples: text: He gave the novel quite a rap.
glosses: A positive appraisal; a recommendation.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from the noun "rap"
word: backpack rap
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word: bad rap
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word: beat the rap
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word: bum rap
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word: cloud rap
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word: conscious rap
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word: country rap
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word: dungeon rap
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word: emo rap
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word: gangsta rap
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word: gangster rap
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word: jazz rap
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word: Memphis rap
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word: mumble rap
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word: progressive rap
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word: proto-rap
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word: rap back
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word: rap group
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word: rap-like
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word: rap metal
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word: rap music
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word: rap rock
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word: rap someone's knuckles
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word: rap song
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word: SoundCloud rap
sense: Terms derived from the noun "rap"
word: take the rap