rap

/ɹˈæp/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
   “he took the blame for it”
2. a gentle blow
3. the sound made by a gentle blow
4. 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
6. the act of hitting vigorously
   “he gave the table a whack”

verb

1. strike sharply
   “rap him on the knuckles”
2. make light, repeated taps on a surface
   “he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently”
3. perform rap music
4. talk volubly

Synonyms for rap

• blame
• strike
• tap
• pat
• rap music
• hip-hop
• knock
• belt
• whack
• whang
• knap
• pink

Words that rhyme with rap

• snap
• tap
• trap
• cap
• flap
• lap
• clap
• map
• strap
• gap
• scrap
• wrap
• handicap
• nap
• chap
• overlap
• sap
• zap
• slap
• crap
• pap
• recap
• skullcap
• bootstrap
• catnap
• entrap
• frap
• hap
• kneecap
• madcap