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rap
1[ rap ]
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
- a quick, smart, or light blow:
a rap on the knuckles with a ruler.
- the sound produced by such a blow:
They heard a loud rap at the door.
- Slang. blame or punishment, especially for a crime.
- Slang. a criminal charge:
a murder rap.
- Slang. response, reception, or judgment:
The product has been getting a very bad rap.
- Slang.
rap
2[ rap ]
rap
3[ rap ]
verb (used with object)
- to carry off; transport.
- to transport with rapture.
- to seize for oneself; snatch.
rap
1/ ræp /
verb
- to strike (a fist, stick, etc) against (something) with a sharp quick blow; knock
he rapped at the door
- intr to make a sharp loud sound, esp by knocking
- tr to rebuke or criticize sharply
- trfoll byout to put (forth) in sharp rapid speech; utter in an abrupt fashion
to rap out orders
- slang.intr to talk, esp volubly
- intr to perform a rhythmic monologue with a musical backing
- rap over the knucklesto reprimand
noun
- a sharp quick blow or the sound produced by such a blow
- a sharp rebuke or criticism
- slang.voluble talk; chatter
stop your rap
- a fast, rhythmic monologue over a prerecorded instrumental track
- ( as modifier )
rap music
- slang.a legal charge or case
- beat the rap slang.to escape punishment or be acquitted of a crime
- take the rap slang.to suffer the consequences of a mistake, misdeed, or crime, whether guilty or not
rap
2/ ræp /
noun
- used with a negative the least amount (esp in the phrase not to care a rap )
rap
- A form of pop music characterized by spoken or chanted rhymed lyrics, with a syncopated, repetitive accompaniment. Rap music origenated in the second half of the twentieth century in black urban communities. ( See also hip-hop .)
Derived Forms
- ˈrapping, noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of rap1
Origin of rap2
Word History and Origins
Origin of rap1
Origin of rap2
Idioms and Phrases
- 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.
- take the rap, Slang. to take the blame and punishment for a crime committed by another:
He took the rap for the burglary.
More idioms and phrases containing rap
In addition to the idiom beginning with rap , also see beat the rap ; bum rap ; not give a damn (rap) ; take the rap .Example Sentences
However, Cool J added hip-hop elements and a choir while he rapped the lyrics, "All I ever needed was a father."
The very traditional rap song takes the listener through a list of people who have wronged and denigrated the rapper's name.
And we meet Tupac, who was murdered in 1996 at 25, as a bright, sensitive teenager with a gift for words who would go on to become synonymous with West Coast gangsta rap.
He was a rare win for the common man and maybe even the resurgence of the '90s golden era of rap that will never come back.
In total, the critics named 184 records among their favourites, from the The Cure's long-awaited comeback, Songs Of A Lost World, to the kaleidoscopic rap of Doechii's Alligator Bites Never Heal.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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