To rap is to hit something, talk, or bust into rhymes like the Fat Boys in the rap song “Human Beat Box” (1984). That’s some old school Brooklyn rap, but you can rap to any beat you want. Hit it!
A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
Noun
the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"
Noun
a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap"
Noun
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
Noun
voluble conversation
Noun
the sound made by a gentle blow
Noun
a gentle blow
Verb
talk volubly
Verb
strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles"
Verb
perform rap music
Verb
make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
n.
A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
v. i.
To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on
the door.
v. t.
To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
v. t.
To free (a pattern) in a mold by light blows on the
pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
n.
A quick, smart blow; a knock.
v.
To snatch away; to seize and hurry off.
v.
To hasten.
v.
To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to transport
out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or rapture; as, rapt into
admiration.
v.
To exchange; to truck.
n.
A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a
half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any
coin of trifling value.
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With one great peal they rap the door.2.
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And through the Greeks and Ilians they rapt The whirring chariot.
From Oxford I was rapt by my nephew, Sir Edmund Bacon, to Redgrove.2.
I'm rapt with joy to see my Marcia's tears.
Rapt into future times, the bard begun.4.
All they could rap and rend pilfer.--
A judge who rapped out a great oath.
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Many counterfeits passed about under the name of raps.
Tie it [her money] up so tight that you can't touch a rap,save with her consent.Not to care a rap, to care nothing. --Not worth a rap, worth nothing. A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock;
as, to .rap on the doorTo strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
A quick, smart blow; a knock.
To snatch away; to seize and hurry off.
A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
Usage Examples
I'm fascinated by rap and by hip-hop. I think there's a lot of poetry in it. There's a lot of anger, a lot of social energy in it. And I think you'd better listen to it pretty carefully, 'cause it's important.
Personally, I just think rap music is the best thing out there, period. If you look at my deck in my car radio, you're always going to find a hip-hop tape that's all I buy, that's all I live, that's all I listen to, that's all I love.
I used to be focused on being the dopest rapper in the game, and then once that became what I was, I wanted something different, and I wanted to become the best businessman in the game. I wanted to learn how to master the business like I mastered the rap.
I don't want to rap about my car. How generic is that? Be creative.
I really love rap music. I grew up in the '80s and '90s with Public Enemy, N.W.A., LL Cool J - I'm a hip-hop encyclopedia. But I got kind of frustrated with the chauvinistic side of rap music, the one that makes it hard to write songs about love and relationships.
It would be pretty funny to see a Beverly Hills white girl with mad rap skills.
People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap music love 'We Are Young.' I've heard it play at weddings. I've heard it in graduation parties. It's a big idea and big song.
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Other Usage ExamplesI grew up listening to Jay-Z, and I think the first time I really became obsessed with learning and thinking about lyrics was when I started listening to rap I was 11, 12, and started becoming aware of music beyond the familiar.
I listen to music for emotion and I get zero emotion from rap.
I think it's a mistake where rap music is these days. It doesn't seem to be able to look out of the ghetto and that's ultimately unfortunate, because it defines our limitations.
I like to make music, I like rap music. Even if I'm white, I support that music. If I want to support it or any other white kid wants to support it more power to them.
I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping.
It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap.
I don't think rap really fits in to 'American Idol' in the sense that I believe rap is an art form in itself more akin to poetry, more akin to drama, if you will.
In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its commercial value would certainly be more tenuous.
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