rapping
n.
act of a person who raps; communication using sound of knocks
rap
v.
knock, tap, strike quickly; criticize, scold, rebuke; perform rap music; talk, have a conversation (Slang)
Rapping
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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rap
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
Rapping
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rap
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
rapping
Synonyms and related words:
accents, banging, blasting, bursting, chatter, colloquial discourse, colloquy, comment, communication, communion, conversation, converse, conversing, cracking, crashing, discourse, elocution, exchange, exploding, explosive, flapping, gab, give-and-take, intercourse, interlocution, knocking, language, oral communication, palaver, parole, popping, prattle, slapping, slatting, speaking, speech, talk, talking, tapping, verbal intercourse, words, yakkety-yak, yakking
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Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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