RAP
\ɹˈap], \ɹˈap], \ɹ_ˈa_p]\
Definitions of RAP
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles"
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the sound made by a gentle blow
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talk volubly
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perform rap music
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voluble conversation
By Princeton University
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strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles"
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the sound made by a gentle blow
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(informal) voluble conversation
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talk volubly
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perform rap music
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
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To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door.
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To free (a pattern) in a mold by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
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A quick, smart blow; a knock.
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To snatch away; to seize and hurry off.
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To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or rapture; as, rapt into admiration.
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To exchange; to truck.
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A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
By Oddity Software
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A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
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To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door.
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To free (a pattern) in a mold by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
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A quick, smart blow; a knock.
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To snatch away; to seize and hurry off.
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To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or rapture; as, rapt into admiration.
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To exchange; to truck.
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A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
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To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
By Noah Webster.
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A quick, sharp blow.
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To strike a quick, sharp blow; knock.
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To strike sharply; to utter sharply; as, she rapped out the words.
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Rapped.
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Rapping.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A sharp blow: a knock.
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To strike with a quick blow: to knock:-pr.p. rapping:-pa.t. and pa.p. rapped.
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To seize and carry off: to transport out of one's self: to affect with rapture:-pr.p. rapping; pa.p. rapped or rapt.
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To swear, esp. to swear falsely. "It was his constant maxim that he was a pitiful fellow who would stick at a little rapping for his friend."-Fielding.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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