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adjective
1.
deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.
2.
transported with emotion; enraptured: rapt with joy.
3.
showing or proceeding from rapture: a rapt smile.
4.
carried off spiritually to another place, sphere of existence, etc.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English (past participle of rapen to carry off, abduct, rape) < Latin raptus seized, carried off (past participle of rapere), equivalent to rap- (see rape1) + -tus past participle suffix
1350–1400; Middle English (past participle of rapen to carry off, abduct, rape) < Latin raptus seized, carried off (past participle of rapere), equivalent to rap- (see rape1) + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
rapt·ly, adverb
rapt·ness, noun
Synonyms
2. ecstatic, spellbound, bewitched.
2. ecstatic, spellbound, bewitched.
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Rapt
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verb (used with object)
1.
to strike, especially with a quick, smart, or light blow: He rapped the door with his cane.
2.
to utter sharply or vigorously: to rap out a command.
3.
(of a spirit summoned by a medium) to communicate (a message) by raps (often followed by out).
4.
Slang. to criticize sharply: Critics could hardly wait to rap the play.
5.
EXPANDSlang. to arrest, detain, or sentence for a crime.
6.
COLLAPSEMetallurgy. to jar (a pattern) loose from a sand mold.
verb (used without object)
7.
to knock smartly or lightly, especially so as to make a noise: to rap on a door.
8.
Slang. to talk or discuss, especially freely, openly, or volubly; chat.
noun
Idioms10.
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.
EXPANDSlang. response, reception, or judgment: The product has been getting a very bad rap.
15.
Slang.
a.
a talk, conversation, or discussion; chat.
b.
talk designed to impress, convince, etc.; spiel: a high-pressure sales rap.
16.
COLLAPSE17.
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
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
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Word Origin & History
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.
EXPANDrapt
c.1400, "carried away" (in an ecstatic trance), from L. raptus, pp. of rapere "seize, carry off" (see rapid). Sense of "engrossed" first recorded 1509. As a pp. adj. in Eng., the back-formed verb rap "to affect with rapture" was common c.1600-1750. The fig. sense is from the
notion of "carried up into Heaven (bodily or in a dream)," as in a saint's vision.
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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.)
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rap definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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RAPT definition
["An Interpreter for a Language for Describing Assemblies", R.J. Popplestone et al, Artif Intell 14:79-107 (1980)].
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