rap (
http://definr.com/rap)
n 1: a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for
it"; "it was a bum rap" [syn:
blame]
2: a gentle blow [syn:
strike,
tap]
3: the sound made by a gentle blow [syn:
pat,
tap]
4: (informal) voluble conversation
5: 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 [syn: {rap
music}]
6: the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"
[syn:
knock,
belt,
whack,
whang]
v 1: strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles" [syn:
knap]
2: make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his
fingers on the table impatiently" [syn:
tap,
knock,
pink]
3: perform rap music
4: talk volubly