Definitions for rap

Overview of noun rap

The noun rap has 6 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) blame, rap

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

2. rap, strike, tap

(a gentle blow)

3. pat, rap, tap

(the sound made by a gentle blow)

4. rap

(voluble conversation)

5. rap, rap music, hip-hop

(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)

6. knock, belt, rap, whack, whang

(the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack")

Overview of verb rap

The verb rap has 4 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (5) rap, knap

(strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles")

2. tap, rap, knock, pink

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

3. rap

(perform rap music)

4. rap

(talk volubly)