rapnoun
uk/ræp/us/ræp/rap noun (MUSIC)
A2 [ U ] a type of popular music with a strong rhythm in which the words are spoken, not sung:
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Pop, rock & soul
- agit-pop
- band
- bhangra
- blue-eyed soul
- boy band
- dub
- Europop
- gangsta rap
- goth
- grunge
- hard rock
- heavy metal
- jungle
- pop group
- punk rock
- rock and roll
- rock chick
- rocker
- sampler
- trance
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rap noun (PUNISHMENT)
[ C or U ] mainly US slang a statement accusing someone of a crime, or the punishment that someone is given for a crime:
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Punishing & punishments
- bar
- be brought/called to account idiom
- boot
- bring
- bum rap
- carrot
- chastise
- clobber
- crucify
- heads will roll! idiom
- kick
- kick (some) ass idiom
- non-custodial
- parking ticket
- penal
- skin sb alive idiom
- strip
- swing
- throw
- throw the book at sb idiom
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rap noun (JUDGMENT)
[ C ] US slang a judgment or a reaction:
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Judgments and analyses
- acquihire
- analysis
- appraisal
- assessment
- construction
- critique
- heed
- interpretation
- job evaluation
- judgment
- misjudge
- notice
- press
- prognostication
- rating
- review
- self-assessment
- study
- time-and-motion study
- unrated
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rap noun (HIT)
[ C ] a sudden short noise, especially one made by hitting a hard surface:
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Hitting and beating
- a bunch of fives idiom
- a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
- at-risk
- bang up sb/sth
- bashing
- bunch
- conk
- deck
- hell
- kick
- knock
- knock sb's block off idiom
- lay
- lay sb out
- licking
- mess sb up
- pound
- pummel
- swing
- thump
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Idiom(s)
rapverb
uk/ræp/us/ræp/-pp-rap verb (HIT)
[ I or T ] to hit or say something suddenly and forcefully:
[ T ] to criticize someone, especially officially:
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Ways of talking
- -mouthed
- babel
- blab
- blather
- croon
- declamatory
- drone
- drone on
- expressive
- hold the floor idiom
- loose
- lyrical
- meanderings
- rabbit
- sink to a whisper idiom
- tattle
- telegrammatic
- throw
- waffle
- yap
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rap verb (MUSIC)
[ I ] to perform rap
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Singing
- a cappella
- accompaniment
- accompany
- alto
- anthem
- barbershop
- dirge
- ditty
- diva
- duet
- elegy
- intonation
- jingle
- refrain
- sang
- septet
- serenade
- sextet
- shanty
- treble
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