rap

v. knock, tap, strike quickly; criticize, scold, rebuke; perform rap music; talk, have a conversation (Slang)

n. knock, quick blow; knocking sound; punishment (Slang); response (Slang); conversation (Slang)

n. rap music, musical genre in which spoken verses and rhymes are set to a rhythmic beat (developed in urban areas during the mid-1970s)

Rap may refer to:Rapping, genre of African-American poetry and music in which rhyming lyrics are chanted, with or without musical accompanimentRAP may mean:the IATA airport code for Rapid City Regional AirportRassemblement pour l'alternative progressiste, a Québecois political party.A retirement annuity plan is a type of pension plan in the UK.Rule against perpetuities, a legal doctrine from the common law of real propertyRemote Administration Protocol, a simple administration protocol on top of the Server Message Block protocol.Eclipse Foundation's Rich AJAX Platform,a software platform for developing Rich Internet Applications.
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Rapping is the rhythmic spoken delivery of rhymes and wordplay, one of the central elements of hip hop music and culture. Although the word rap has sometimes been claimed to be a backronym of the phrase "Rhythmic American Poetry", "Rhythm and Poetry", "Rhythmically Applied Poetry", or "Rhythmically Associated Poetry", use of the word to describe quick and slangy speech or repartee long predates the musical form.
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Noun
1. a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap"
(synonym) blame
(hypernym) reproach
2. a gentle blow
(synonym) strike, tap
(hypernym) bump, blow
(derivation) tap, knock, pink
3. the sound made by a gentle blow
(synonym) pat, tap
(hypernym) sound
(hyponym) pitter-patter
4. voluble conversation
(hypernym) conversation
(classification) colloquialism
5. 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
(synonym) rap music, hip-hop
(hypernym) popular music, popular music genre
6. the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"
(synonym) knock, belt, whack, whang
(hypernym) blow
(derivation) knap
Verb
1. strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles"
(synonym) knap
(hypernym) strike
(hyponym) knock
(derivation) knock, belt, whack, whang
2. make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
(synonym) tap, knock, pink
(hypernym) sound, go
(derivation) strike, tap
3. perform rap music
(hypernym) perform
(derivation) rap music, hip-hop
(classification) music
4. talk volubly
(hypernym) talk, speak

n. rap

n. rap