rap

Meanings

Noun

• A sharp blow with something hard.
• Blame for something.
• A casual talk.
• Rap music.
• A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
• An appraisal.
• A positive appraisal; a recommendation.
• A lea or skein of yarn that forms the standard length taken from the reel, 80 yards of worsted or 120 yards of silk or cotton.
• Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
• A whit; a jot.
• Acronym of record of arrest and prosecution
• A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.

Verb

• To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
• To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
• To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
• To utter quickly and sharply.
• To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.
• To talk casually; to engage in conversation.
• To seize and carry off.
• To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture.

Related

Similar words

• fall
• knock, noogie

Origin

• From Middle English rap, rappe, of North Germanic origin, related to Norwegian rapp ("a blow, strike, lash"), Swedish rapp ("a blow, lash, crack"), Danish rap ("a tap, smart, blow"). Compare Old English hreppan ("to touch, treat"). More at rape.
• From Middle English rappen, of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish rappa ("to strike, beat, rap"), German rappeln ("to rattle").
• Uncertain.
• Perhaps contracted from rapparee.
• From RAP