Dictionary definition · rap
noun
- a reproach for some lapse or misdeed"he took the blame for it"
- a gentle blow
- the sound made by a gentle blow
- voluble conversation
- 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
- the act of hitting vigorously"he gave the table a whack"
verb
- strike sharply"rap him on the knuckles"
- make light, repeated taps on a surface"he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
- perform rap music
- talk volubly
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).