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RAP

[rap]

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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.

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Metallurgy. to jar (a pattern) loose from a sand mold.

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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.

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Rap is always a great word to know.

So is choirboy. Does it mean:

an awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right

a person who is notably honest, moral, or innocent

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noun

10.

a quick, smart, or light blow: a rap on the knuckles with a ruler.

11.

the sound produced by such a blow: They heard a loud rap at the door.

12.

Slang. blame or punishment, especially for a crime.

13.

Slang. a criminal charge: a murder rap.

14.

Slang. response, reception, or judgment: The product has been getting a very bad rap.

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15.

Slang.

a talk, conversation, or discussion; chat.

talk designed to impress, convince, etc.; spiel: a high-pressure sales rap.

16.

rap music.

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Idioms

17.

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.

18.

take the rap, Slang. to take the blame and punishment for a crime committed by another: He took the rap for the burglary.

Origin:
1300–50; 1960–65 for def. 8; Middle English rappen (v.), rap(p)e (noun); akin to Swedish rappa to beat, drub, German rappeln to rattle; senses “to talk,” “conversation, talk” perhaps of distinct orig., though the hypothesis that it is a shortening of repartee is questionable

Example Sentences

The afternoon theme du jour was that rap goes with everything.

Bradley has been making a name for himself with his own work on rap and hip-hop.

He now prefers calibrated populism, enlivening his campaign with rap songs and promises to boost youth employment.

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The afternoon theme du jour was that rap goes with everything.

Bradley has been making a name for himself with his own work on rap and hip-hop.

He now prefers calibrated populism, enlivening his campaign with rap songs and promises to boost youth employment.

But rap music represents a deeper dream: a better life.

My only worry is that it makes hip rap music to scientists, not.

What a wounderfully noble looking animal that has been given a bad rap.

Sometimes they manage to let other creatures take the rap.

We homeschoolers often get a bum rap for trying to insulate our kids from evolutionary theory.

Two music traditions blend when jazz artists play backup for rap and hip-hop stars.

GenX went to high school when disco was dead and rock, country, and rap were not fused.

If you rap it with your knuckle you hear the thwack of gypsum rather than the ring of cold metal.

The group has been active ever since with their positive take on rap.

Consider conformity, which has gotten a bad rap for over a century.

Rap stars will slap their names on anything these days: clothes, shoes, boutique water.

Suburban rap doesn't have much grit, of course, but it.

It is the ones who are that give the rest a bad rap.

The rap on economists, only somewhat exaggerated, is that they are overconfident.

In the predawn blackness there is a sharp rap on my door.

NO ladies and gents there be no devil nor demons to hang this rap on.

His band's infectious mashup of rap and rock had made.

Suburban rap doesn't have much grit, of course, but.

If you follow the news these days, you know that tenure is getting a bad rap.

The bad rap given to technologies today will be only temporary.

Just when you thought there weren't enough ways to leap off a cliff, here comes the facedown thrill sport of rap jumping.

The first thing she did was rap her knuckles on the touchscreen.

Across the country this year, rap lyrics are being accepted as evidence of criminal acts, intent and mind-set.

Rap is part of the constant stimulation that students seem unable to live without.

They've let the rap take their culture away from them, and young whites are moving into our culture”.

It made countless best-of lists and came to define coke rap.

The invitation is to find your own beat-provided that you rap it out on the approved ideological.

They're talking about rap music when two girls walk in.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

the least bit: I don't care a rap.

a counterfeit halfpenny formerly passed in Ireland.

Origin:
1715–25; origin uncertain

verb (used with object), rapped or rapt, rap·ping. Archaic.

to carry off; transport.

to transport with rapture.

to seize for oneself; snatch.

Origin:
1520–30; back formation from rapt

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World English Dictionary

rap¹ (ræp)

—vb (foll by out) , raps, rapping, rapped
1.	to strike (a fist, stick, etc) against (something) with a sharp quick blow; knock: he rapped at the door
2.	(intr) to make a sharp loud sound, esp by knocking
3.	(tr) to rebuke or criticize sharply
4.	to put (forth) in sharp rapid speech; utter in an abrupt fashion: to rap out orders
5.	slang (intr) to talk, esp volubly
6.	(intr) to perform a rhythmic monologue with a musical backing
7.	rap over the knuckles to reprimand

—n
8.	a sharp quick blow or the sound produced by such a blow
9.	a sharp rebuke or criticism
10.	slang voluble talk; chatter: stop your rap
11.	a. a fast, rhythmic monologue over a prerecorded instrumental track
	b. (as modifier): rap music
12.	slang a legal charge or case
13.	slang (US), (Canadian) beat the rap to escape punishment or be acquitted of a crime
14.	slang take the rap to suffer the consequences of a mistake, misdeed, or crime, whether guilty or not

[C14: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish rappa to beat]

'rapping¹

—n

rap² (ræp)

—n
	(used with a negative) the least amount (esp in the phrase not to care a rap)

[C18: probably from ropaire counterfeit coin formerly current in Ireland]

rap³ (ræp)

—vb, —n
	informal (Austral) wrap a variant spelling of wrap

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Word Origin & History

rap

"quick, light blow," mid-14c., native or borrowed from a Scandinavian source (cf. Dan. rap, Swed. rapp "light blow"); either way probably of imitative origin (cf. slap, clap). The verb is attested from late 14c. Slang noun meaning "rebuke, blame, responsibility" is from 1777; specific meaning "criminal

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indictment" (cf. rap sheet, 1960) is from 1903. To rap (someone's) knuckles "give light punishment" is from 1749.

rap

"talk informally," first recorded 1929, popularized c.1965 in Black English, possibly first in Caribbean English, from British slang meaning "say, utter" (1879), originally "to utter a sudden oath" (1540s), from rap (n.). Meaning "music with improvised words" first in New York City slang, 1979.

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American Heritage

Cultural Dictionary

rap definition

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.)

Slang Dictionary

rap definition

in.
to talk or chat about something. : Something wrong? Let's rap about it.

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Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms

RAP
recurrent abdominal pain

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Idioms & Phrases

rap

In addition to the idiom beginning with rap, also see beat the rap; bum rap; not give a damn (rap); take the rap.