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rap
1[ rap ]
verb (used with object)
- to strike, especially with a quick, smart, or light blow:
He rapped the door with his cane.
- to utter sharply or vigorously:
to rap out a command.
- (of a spirit summoned by a medium) to communicate (a message) by raps (often followed by out ).
- Slang. to criticize sharply:
Critics could hardly wait to rap the play.
- Slang. to arrest, detain, or sentence for a crime.
- Metallurgy. to jar (a pattern) loose from a sand mold.
verb (used without object)
- to knock smartly or lightly, especially so as to make a noise:
to rap on a door.
- Slang. to talk or discuss, especially freely, openly, or volubly; chat.
- Slang. to talk rhythmically to the beat of rap music.
noun
- a quick, smart, or light blow:
a rap on the knuckles with a ruler.
- the sound produced by such a blow:
They heard a loud rap at the door.
- Slang. blame or punishment, especially for a crime.
- Slang. a criminal charge:
a murder rap.
- Slang. response, reception, or judgment:
The product has been getting a very bad rap.
- Slang.
rap
2[ rap ]
rap
3[ rap ]
verb (used with object)
- to carry off; transport.
- to transport with rapture.
- to seize for oneself; snatch.
rap
1/ ræp /
verb
- to strike (a fist, stick, etc) against (something) with a sharp quick blow; knock
he rapped at the door
- intr to make a sharp loud sound, esp by knocking
- tr to rebuke or criticize sharply
- trfoll byout to put (forth) in sharp rapid speech; utter in an abrupt fashion
to rap out orders
- slang.intr to talk, esp volubly
- intr to perform a rhythmic monologue with a musical backing
- rap over the knucklesto reprimand
noun
- a sharp quick blow or the sound produced by such a blow
- a sharp rebuke or criticism
- slang.voluble talk; chatter
stop your rap
- a fast, rhythmic monologue over a prerecorded instrumental track
- ( as modifier )
rap music
- slang.a legal charge or case
- beat the rap slang.to escape punishment or be acquitted of a crime
- take the rap slang.to suffer the consequences of a mistake, misdeed, or crime, whether guilty or not
rap
2/ ræp /
noun
- used with a negative the least amount (esp in the phrase not to care a rap )
rap
- A form of pop music characterized by spoken or chanted rhymed lyrics, with a syncopated, repetitive accompaniment. Rap music originated in the second half of the twentieth century in black urban communities. ( See also hip-hop .)
Derived Forms
- ˈrapping, noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of rap1
Origin of rap2
Word History and Origins
Origin of rap1
Origin of rap2
Idioms and Phrases
- beat the rap, Slang. to succeed in evading the penalty for a crime; be acquitted:
The defendant calmly insisted that he would beat the rap.
- take the rap, Slang. to take the blame and punishment for a crime committed by another:
He took the rap for the burglary.
More idioms and phrases containing rap
In addition to the idiom beginning with rap , also see beat the rap ; bum rap ; not give a damn (rap) ; take the rap .Example Sentences
He had a rap sheet stretching back to the 1970s, according to French regional media outlet France 3.
So that was last night, stressing, sorting this rap out.
These characters are fluent in three-card monte rap, no cards required.
Asa added: “At first, there originally wasn’t a rap part, but after we received a G-Dragon demo we played around with the raps and it was able to showcase the swag that G-Dragon possesses.”
The reliquary itself, held in the square’s church, was a series of exceedingly odd musical interactions between vocalists and the instruments in a combination of rap session and organized mystical service.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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