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noun | verb raprap1 /ræp/ noun ETYMOLOGYrap1Origin: (1) 1900-2000 Perhaps from repartee (2-7) 1200-1300 Probably from the sound 1MUSIC eng. lang. arts a)[uncountable] a type of popular music in which the words of a song are not sung, but spoken in rhyme to music with a strong beat: a popular rap singer b)[countable] a rap song or the words to a rap song2KNOCK [countable] a quick light hit or knock: rap on/at We heard a sharp rap on the door.3CRIME [countable] informal a statement by the police that someone is responsible for a serious crime SYN charge: a murder rap → see also rap sheet4take the rap (for something) to be blamed or punished for a mistake or crime, especially unfairly5beat the rap to avoid being punished for a crime6get a bum/bad rap to be unfairly criticized, or to be treated badly7a rap on the knuckles a punishment or criticism that is not very severe: Polluters were getting away with just a rap on the knuckles. noun | verb raprap2 verb (rapped, rapping) VERB TABLErap |
| Present | I, you, we, they | rap | | he, she, it | raps | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | rapped | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have rapped | | he, she, it | has rapped | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had rapped | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will rap | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have rapped |
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| Present | I | am rapping | | he, she, it | is rapping | | you, we, they | are rapping | | Past | I, he, she, it | was rapping | | you, we, they | were rapping | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been rapping | | he, she, it | has been rapping | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been rapping | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be rapping | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been rapping |
THESAURUStouch somebody/something hard► hit to touch someone or something hard and quickly with your hand, a stick, etc.: I thought she was going to hit me. ► punch to hit someone hard with your closed hand, especially in a fight: Steve punched him in the nose. ► thump to hit someone or something hard with your closed hand: Harris thumped him on the back. ► beat to hit someone or something deliberately many times: He had been robbed and beaten. ► beat somebody up to hurt someone badly by hitting him or her many times: A bunch of drunks beat him up. ► slap to hit someone with the flat part of your hand, especially because you are angry with him or her: I felt like slapping his face. ► smack to hit someone or something, usually with your open hand: Rick smacked him in the face. ► spank to hit a child on their bottom with your open hand, as a punishment: His mother spanked him for lying. ► strike formal to hit someone or something very hard: He struck her on the side of the head and knocked her down. ► tap to gently hit your fingers or foot against something: I tapped him on the shoulder. ► knock to hit a door or window with your closed hand in order to attract the attention of the people inside: Someone was knocking on the door. ► rap to knock quickly several times: She rapped on his window angrily. ► pound to knock very hard, making a lot of noise: Thomas pounded on the door with his fist. ► bang to hit something hard several times, making a lot of noise: A policeman was banging on the door. ► hammer to hit something very hard several times, making a lot of noise: They hammered on my door until I opened up. ► bash to hit someone or something hard, in a way that causes damage: The police bashed the door down. 1HIT [intransitive, transitive] to hit or knock something quickly: She rapped the table with her pen.rap at/on something Nina rapped on my door.► see thesaurus at hit12MUSIC [intransitive] eng. lang. arts to say the words of a rap: rap about something Kanye West raps about the dark side of the diamond industry.3CRITICIZE [transitive] to criticize someone angrily: Nelson is being rapped for his team’s loss.4SAY [transitive] to say something loudly, suddenly, and in a way that sounds angry: The General rapped an order at his men.5CONVERSATION [intransitive] old-fashioned to talk in an informal way to friends6rap somebody on the knuckles/rap somebody’s knuckles to punish or criticize someone for something, but not very severely: The newspaper rapped the senator’s knuckles for the incident. |