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rap
noun(rap)
the act of hitting vigorously
Synonyms: belt, knock, whack, whang,
rap
noun(rap)
a gentle blow
Synonyms: strike, tap,
rap
noun(rap)
the sound made by a gentle blow
Synonyms: pat, tap,
rap
noun(rap)
a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
Synonyms: blame,
Examples:
It was a bum rap.
rap
verb(rap)
make light, repeated taps on a surface
Synonyms: knock, pink, tap,
rap
noun(rap)
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: hip-hop, rap music,
rap
verb(rap)
strike sharply
Synonyms: knap,
Examples:
Rap him on the knuckles.
rap
verb(rap)
perform rap music
rap
verb(rap)
talk volubly
rap
noun(rap)
voluble conversation

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