rap

• IPA^(key): /ɹæp/
• Rhymes: -æp
• Homophone: wrap

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.

rap (countable and uncountable, plural raps)

1. (countable) A sharp blow with something hard.

   The teacher gave the wayward pupil a rap across the knuckles with her ruler.

   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter II,

     He walked softly up the sanded path, tiptoed up the steps and across the piazza, and rapped at the front door, not too loudly, lest this too might attract the attention of the man across the street. There was no response to his rap. He put his ear to the door and heard voices within, and the muffled sound of footsteps. After a moment he rapped again, a little louder than before.

2. (uncountable) Blame (for something), whether or not it results in a conviction.

   You can't act irresponsibly and then expect me to take the rap.

3. (informal) A casual talk
4. (music, uncountable) Rap music.
5. A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.

• (blame): fall

From Middle English rappen, of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish rappa (“to strike, beat, rap”), German rappeln (“to rattle”).

rap (third-person singular simple present raps, present participle rapping, simple past and past participle rapped)

1. (intransitive) To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
   • 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven":

     Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, ¶ Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, ¶ While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, ¶ As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. ¶ "'Tis some visitor", I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — ¶ Only this, and nothing more."

   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter II,

     He walked softly up the sanded path, tiptoed up the steps and across the piazza, and rapped at the front door, not too loudly, lest this too might attract the attention of the man across the street. There was no response to his rap. He put his ear to the door and heard voices within, and the muffled sound of footsteps. After a moment he rapped again, a little louder than before.

2. (transitive, dated) To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
   • Prior

     With one great peal they rap the door.

3. (metalworking) To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.

   He started to rap after listening to the Beastie Boys

   He rapped a song to his girlfriend.

   • 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian‎:

     But the purported rise in violent videos online has led some MPs to campaign for courts to have more power to remove or block material on YouTube. The Labour MP Heidi Alexander said she was appalled after a constituent was robbed at knifepoint, and the attackers could be found brandishing weapons and rapping about gang violence online.

5. (informal, intransitive) To talk casually.

• (strike something sharply with one's knuckles): knock, noogie

• rap on
• rapper

• emcee
• hip-hop

Uncertain.

rap (plural raps)

1. A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

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Perhaps contracted from rapparee.

rap (plural raps)

1. (historical) 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.
   • Jonathan Swift

     Many counterfeits passed about under the name of raps.

   • Mrs. Alexander

     Tie it [her money] up so tight that you can't touch a rap, save with her consent.

2. A whit; a jot.

   I don't care a rap.

   That's not worth a rap.

• APR, ARP, Apr, Apr., Arp, PAR, PRA, Par, apr, arp, par, pra

rap

1. near

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Borrowed from English rap, from Middle English rap, rappe, of North Germanic origin.

rap

1. rap music
2. a song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music

rap

1. to rap; to perform a rap

rap

1. quack (imitating the sound of a duck)

rap n (indefinite plural rap)

1. a strike intended to motivate someone to do something (e.g. for punishment or to spur on an animal)
   • 2008, Bitten Clausen - historier fra et liv, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN, page 14

     Hvis man ikke kunne sit stof, fik man et rap med stokken.

     If one did not know the material, one was given a strike with the cane.

   • 1841, Frederik Barfod, Brage og idun: et nordisk fjærdingårsskrift, page 346

     Skriftefaderen giver den Skriftende et Par Rap med sin Stok for hans Synders Skyld.

     The confessor gives the confessing one a couple of strikes with his cane for the sake of his sins.

   • 2016, Orla Narvedsen, Kaptajnens Åse, Lindhardt og Ringhof →ISBN

     Kusken svarede med et Grynt, tog Pisken og gav Hestene et Par Rap af den.

     The coachdriver replied with a grunt, seized the whip and gave the horses a couple of strikes with it.

rap (neuter rapt, plural and definite singular attributive rappe, comparative rappere, superlative (predicative) rappest, superlative (attributive) rappeste)

1. quick, rapid
   • 2010, Jette A. Kaarsbøl, Din næstes hus: roman, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN, page 332

     Et øjeblik stod jeg og ledte efter et rapt svar.

     For a moment, I stood searching for a quick reply.

   • 2016, Kåre Johannessen, Kejserhøgen, Lindhardt og Ringhof →ISBN

     “Motorcykler, der kan man bare se. Det er ellers nogle rappe maskiner. Har du kørt selv?“

     “Motor bikes, will you look at that. Those are indeed some fast machines. Have you driven them yourself?“

   • 2016, Kenneth Bøgh Andersen, Himmelherren, Rosinante & Co →ISBN

     Han var også tyveknægten, der ikke ejede andet end en skarpsleben lommekniv, nogle rappe fingre, en god portion vovemod og et frækt sindelag.

     He was also the thief-boy, who owned nothing but a sharply-ground pocket-knife, some quick fingers, a large portion of daring and a mischievous disposition.

See the etymology of the main entry.

rap

1. imperative of rappe

rap

1. imperative of rappe

From Middle Dutch rap, probably derived from rapen (Dutch rapen) which originally also meant "to make haste"; compare reppen and also Old Norse hrapa.

• IPA^(key): /rɑp/

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• Rhymes: -ɑp

rap (comparative rapper, superlative rapst)

1. quick, fast

   Kom eens heel rap hier!

   Get over here real fast!

• snel
• vlug
• gezwind

From English rap.

• IPA^(key): /rɛp/ (Netherlands), IPA^(key): /rɑp/ (Belgium) or as in English

• Audio

  (file)

  (Netherlands),

  Audio

  (file)

  (Belgium)
• Rhymes: -ɛp (Netherlands), Rhymes: -ɑp (Belgium)

rap m (uncountable)

1. rap music

• rapmuziek
• rappen

Borrowed from English rap.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑp/, [ˈrɑp]
• IPA^(key): /ˈræp/, [ˈræp]

rap

1. rap, rap music

As the word "rap" doesn't sit well in Finnish grammatic structure, the term räppi is widely used. Also the compound form rap-musiikki is quite common.

• räppi

• räpätä
• räppäri

From English rap

• IPA^(key): /ʁap/

rap m (uncountable)

1. rap; rap music

• par

rap n (definite singular rapet, indefinite plural rap, definite plural rapa or rapene)

1. A burp; belch.

• rape

rap

1. imperative of rape

From Proto-Germanic *raipaz, *raipą (“rope, cord, band, ringlet”), from Proto-Indo-European *roypnós (“strap, band, rope”). Compare Old Frisian rāp (West Frisian reap), Old Dutch reip, rēp (Dutch reep), Old High German reif (German Reif).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑːp/

rāp m

1. rope

• Middle English: rape, rope
  • English: rope
  • Old French: rap (borrowed)

Deverbal of Latin rapiō.

rap m (oblique plural ras, nominative singular ras, nominative plural rap) (Anglo-Norman)

1. violent seizure
2. abduction
3. rape (unlawful sexual penetration)

• English: rape

Borrowed from Middle English rape.

rap m (oblique plural ras, nominative singular ras, nominative plural rap) (Anglo-Norman)

1. rope

• rap on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

From English rap.

• IPA^(key): /rap/

rap m inan

1. (music) rap

• (adjective) rapowy

• (verb) rapować
• (nouns) raper, raperka
• (adjective) raperski

rap m inan

1. (ichthyology) asp

   Synonym: boleń

• rap in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from English rap.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.pi/

rap m (plural raps)

1. rap music (music genre)

• hip hop

rap m (plural raps)

1. rap (music genre)

Back-formation of rapa (“to belch”), from Old Swedish rapa. Cognate with Norwegian rape (“to belch”).

rap c

1. belch

• rapa

From English rap.

rap c

1. (uncountable) rap music