rap
verb
[ rap ]
• strike (a hard surface) with a series of rapid audible blows, especially in order to attract attention.
• "he stood up and rapped the table"
Similar:
hit,
strike,
bang,
thump,
knock,
whack,
thwack,
bash,
wallop,
smite,
• talk or chat in an easy and familiar manner.
• "we could be here all night rapping about spiritualism"
• perform rap music.
• "he raps under the name of Mr T"
rap
noun
• a quick, sharp knock or blow.
• "there was a confident rap at the door"
Similar:
blow,
hit,
knock,
bang,
crack,
thump,
whack,
thwack,
bash,
wallop,
knocking,
tap,
banging,
hammering,
battering,
pounding,
rat-tat,
• a type of popular music of US black origin in which words are recited rapidly and rhythmically over an instrumental backing.
• "the label specializes in rap and modern soul"
• a lengthy or impromptu conversation.
• "dropping in after work for a rap over a beer"
• a criminal charge, especially of a specified kind.
• "he's just been acquitted on a murder rap"
• a person's reputation, typically a bad one.
• "why should drag queens get a bad rap?"
Origin:
Middle English (originally in the senses ‘severe blow with a weapon’ and ‘deliver a heavy blow’): probably imitative and of Scandinavian origin; compare with Swedish rappa ‘beat, drub’, also with clap1 and flap.
rap
noun
• the smallest amount (used for emphasis).
• "he doesn't care a rap whether it's true or not"
Similar:
whit,
iota,
jot,
hoot,
scrap,
bit,
fig,
one bit,
even a little bit,
two hoots,
the smallest amount,
the tiniest bit,
damn,
tinker's cuss/curse,
brass farthing,
monkey's,
Origin:
early 19th century: from Irish ropaire ‘robber’; used as the name of a counterfeit coin in 18th-century Ireland.
