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rap
I. \ˈrap\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English rappe, probably of imitative origin
1.
a. : a quick sharp blow
< got a rap on the knuckles from the teacher's stick >
b. : a sharp knock
< heard a rap on the door >
2.
a. : a sharp rebuke
< got a hard rap from his boss for the blunder >
b. : an adverse criticism
< annoyed by her raps at his slowness >
3.
a.
(1) : the legal responsibility for and consequences of a criminal act
< accused of trying to take the rap for his fellow officers — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union >
(2) : a criminal charge
< in court to face a forgery rap >
(3) : a prison sentence
< sent up for a 30 year rap >
b. : the blame for or adverse consequences of an action
< scapegoats … who took the rap and kept their mouths shut — Percy Winner >
4. slang : an identification of one charged with a crime
II. verb
(rapped ; rapped ; rapping ; raps)
Etymology: Middle English rappen, probably of imitative origin
transitive verb
1. : to strike with a quick smart blow
< rap struggling rioters with nightsticks >
< rapped a double off the left-field wall — W.G.Smith >
: strike a rap with
< raps his pipe on the ashtray >
2. : to utter suddenly and forcibly — usually used with out
< raps out a series of curt commands >
3. slang : to swear or testify to especially falsely
4.
a. : to cause to be or come by rapping
< rap the occupants awake >
< rap the meeting to order >
b. : to communicate (a message) by knocks
< says the spirit raps out an answer to the medium's question >
5. : to censure severely : criticize sharply
< criticism … rapping the pretensions of semi-intellectuals — B.R.Redman >
6. slang : to arrest, hold, or sentence on a criminal charge
< had been … rapped with one-to-ten years at the state reformatory — Bunque Mooney >
intransitive verb
1. : to strike a person or thing with a quick sharp blow or succession of blows
< raps on wood for good luck >
2. : to make a short sharp sound or a succession of such sounds
< clatter of hoofs rapped sharply from the walls — Zane Grey >
III. transitive verb
(rapped also rapt ; rapped also rapt ; rapping ; raps)
Etymology: back-formation from rapt (I)
1. obsolete : to snatch and steal : grab
2.
a. : to snatch away : to seize and hurry off
b. : to carry upward (as by supernatural force)
< it rapt us from red gulphs of war — P.B.Shelley >
3. : to transport out of oneself : affect with ecstasy or rapture
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IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: perhaps from rap (I)
1.
a. : a counterfeit halfpenny in circulation in Ireland early in the 18th century
b. : a coin of trifling value
2. : the least bit
< don't care a rap >
V. \ˈrap\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: perhaps by shortening & alteration from repartee
1. : talk : conversation
2. : spiel IV
< the salesman's smooth rap >
3.
a. : a rhythmic chanting often in unison of usually rhymed couplets to a rhythmic accompaniment
b. : a piece so performed
VI. \"\ intransitive verb
(rapped ; rapped ; rapping ; raps -s)
1. : to talk freely and frankly
< at the corner bar rapping — Newsweek >
2. : to perform rap music
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