English dictionary
rap
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- the act of hitting vigorously
noun
- a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
noun
- 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
noun
- voluble conversation
noun
- the sound made by a gentle blow
noun
- a gentle blow
verb
- talk volubly
verb
- strike sharply
verb
- perform rap music
verb
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
Example sentences
he gave the table a whack
he took the blame for it
it was a bum rap
rap him on the knuckles
he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently