Rap
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of hitting vigorously
"He gave the table a whack"
(2) A reproach for some lapse or misdeed
"He took the blame for it"
"It was a bum rap"
(3) 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
(4) Voluble conversation
(5) The sound made by a gentle blow
(6) A gentle blow
verb
(7) Talk volubly
(8) Strike sharply
"Rap him on the knuckles"
(9) Make light, repeated taps on a surface
"He was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A sharp blow with something hard.
- The teacher gave the wayward pupil a rap across the knuckles with her ruler.
- Blame (for something).
- You can't act irresponsibly and then expect me to take the rap.
- Rap music.
Verb
- To strike something sharply with one's knuckles.
- 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven":
- Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, ¶ Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, ¶ While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, ¶ As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. ¶ "'Tis some visitor", I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — ¶ Only this, and nothing more."
- 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven":
- To speak lyrics in the style of rap music.