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A form of popular music developed especially in African-American urban communities and characterized by spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics with a strong rhythmic accompaniment.
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A knocking or tapping sound.
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A quick light blow or knock.
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Slang A negative quality or characteristic associated with a person or an object.
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verb-transitive
Archaic To enchant or seize with rapture.
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Archaic To snatch.
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To criticize or blame.
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To hit sharply and swiftly; strike: rapped the table with his fist.
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To utter sharply: rap out a complaint.
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idiom
Beat the rap Slang To escape punishment or be acquitted of a charge.
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Take the rap Slang To accept punishment or take the blame for an offense or error.
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verb-intransitive
Slang To discuss freely and at length.
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To perform rap music.
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To strike a quick light blow: rapped on the door.
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verb
To strike with a sharp blow.
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To utter suddenly and forcibly.
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To cause to be or come by raps .
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To criticize sharply.
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To strike a quick sharp blow.
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