noun
a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
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Examples
- he took the blame for it
- it was a bum rap
noun
a gentle blow
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noun
the sound made by a gentle blow
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noun
voluble conversation
noun
genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment
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rap music
hip-hop
Examples
- several forms of rap have emerged
noun
the act of hitting vigorously
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Examples
- he gave the table a whack
verb
strike sharply
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Examples
- rap him on the knuckles
verb
make light, repeated taps on a surface
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Examples
- he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently