to strike (a fist, stick, etc) against (something) with a sharp quick blow; knock
he rapped at the door
2. (intransitive)
to make a sharp loud sound, esp by knocking
3. (transitive)
to rebuke or criticize sharply
4. (transitive; foll byout)
to put (forth) in sharp rapid speech; utter in an abrupt fashion
to rap out orders
5. (intransitive) slang
to talk, esp volubly
6. (intransitive)
to perform a rhythmic monologue with a musical backing
7. rap over the knuckles
noun
8.
a sharp quick blow or the sound produced by such a blow
9.
a sharp rebuke or criticism
10. slang
voluble talk; chatter
stop your rap
11.
a.
a fast, rhythmic monologue over a prerecorded instrumental track
b.
(as modifier)
rap music
12. slang
a legal charge or case
13. beat the rap
14. take the rap
Derived forms
rapping (ˈrapping)
noun
Word origin
C14: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish rappa to beat
rap music in American English
noun
a style of popular music, developed by disc jockeys and urban African-Americans in the late 1970s, in which an insistent, recurring beat pattern provides the background and counterpoint for rapid, slangy, and often boastful rhyming patter intoned by a vocalist or vocalists
Also called: rap
Examples of 'rap music' in a sentence
rap music
In the background there is rap music blaring from a radio.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Will you return to rap music at some point?
The Sun (2012)
He argues, persuasively, that film and, especially, rap music tempt people into violence.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
I'm not sure about all this rap music.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It is no surprise to learn that he loves rap music.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I do it to really loud rap music, which makes me happy.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A lot of people fear rap music, but they shouldn't.
The Sun (2010)
They play all this rap music or whatever - but it's the players' dressing room.