rapt

adjective

deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.

transported with emotion; enraptured: rapt with joy.

showing or proceeding from rapture: a rapt smile.

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

Related forms

rapt·ly, adverb

rapt·ness, noun

Can be confused: rapt, wrapped, wrapt.

Synonyms
2. ecstatic, spellbound, bewitched.

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a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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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.

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

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.

15.

Slang.

a talk, conversation, or discussion; chat.

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

16.

rap music.

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

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

rapt¹ (ræpt)

—*adj*
1.	totally absorbed; engrossed; spellbound, esp through or as if through emotion: rapt with wonder
2.	characterized by or proceeding from rapture: a rapt smile

[C14: from Latin raptus carried away, from rapere to seize; see rape¹]

'raptly¹

—*adv*

rapt² (ræpt)

—*adj*
	informal (Austral), (NZ) Also: wrapped very pleased: delighted

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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

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.

rapt

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.

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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