Definition of raps Raps
/ɹæˈps/ - [ratps] -
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What does raps mean?
Wiktionary 
- raps (Noun)
Plural of rap.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: raps |
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| rap - a gentle blow | ||
| strike, tap | ||
| bump, blow a lump on the body caused by a blow | ||
| 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 | ||
| rap music, hip-hop | ||
| popular music, popular music genre any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time) | ||
| african-american music, black music music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses | ||
| rap - voluble conversation | ||
| conversation the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc. | ||
| colloquialism a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | ||
| rap - the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack" | ||
| knock, belt, whack, whang | ||
| blow forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff" | ||
| rap - the sound made by a gentle blow | ||
| pat, tap | ||
| sound the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause; "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music" | ||
| rap - a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap" | ||
| blame | ||
| reproach a mild rebuke or criticism; "words of reproach" | ||
Verb |
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| rap - strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles" | ||
| knap | ||
| strike cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc" | ||
| knock find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" | ||
| rap - perform rap music | ||
| perform carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| rap - talk volubly | ||
| speak, talk use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect" | ||
| rap - make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently" | ||
| tap, knock, pink | ||
| sound, go appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting" | ||
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Wiktionary
- rap (Noun)
A sharp blow with something hard. - rap (Noun)
Blame for something. - rap (Noun)
A casual talk. - rap (Noun)
rap Rap music . - rap (Noun)
A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music . - rap (Noun)
Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; thus, any coin of trifling value. - rap (Noun)
A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn. - rap (Verb)
To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock. - rap (Verb)
To strike with a quick blow; to knock on. - rap (Verb)
To free a pattern in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal. - rap (Verb)
To speak lyrics in the style of rap music . - rap (Verb)
To talk casually.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- rap (n.)
A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn. - rap (v. i.)
To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door. - rap (v. t.)
To strike with a quick blow; to knock on. - rap (v. t.)
To free (a pattern) in a mold by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal. - rap (n.)
A quick, smart blow; a knock. - rap (v.)
To snatch away; to seize and hurry off. - rap (v.)
To hasten. - rap (v.)
To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or rapture; as, rapt into admiration. - rap (v.)
To exchange; to truck. - rap (n.)
A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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rap
A kind of music with an insistent beat and rhymed words that follow the beat.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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rap
rap, n. a sharp blow: a knock, or a sound made by knocking: a counterfeit coin current in Ireland for a halfpenny in the time of George I.—hence, 'Not worth a rap.'—v.t. and v.i. to strike with a quick blow: to knock: to utter sharply, as to rap out a lie: to swear falsely:—pr.p. rap′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. rapped.—n. Rap′per, one who raps: a door-knocker. [Scand., as Dan. rap; imit.] -
rap
rap, v.t. to seize and carry off: to transport out of one's self: to affect with rapture:—pr.p. rap′ping; pa.p. rapped or rapt. [Scand., as Ice. hrapa, to rush headlong, cog. with Ger. raffen, to snatch.]
