rap

1. (intransitive) To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.Examples: "While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, / As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door."; "He walked softly up the sanded path, tiptoed up the steps and across the piazza, and rapped at the front door, not too loudly, lest this too might attract the attention of the man across the street. There was no response to his rap. He put his ear to the door and heard voices within, and the muffled sound of footsteps. After a moment he rapped again, a little louder than before."Synonyms: knock, noogieintransitive

2. (transitive, dated) To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.Examples: "With one great peal they rap the door."; "Maud took an active part in the drive, and with her cries and flourishings of the broken oar was of considerable assistance. I noticed, though, that whenever one looked tired and lagged, she let it slip past. But I noticed, also, whenever one, with a show of fight, tried to break past, that her eyes glinted and showed bright, and she rapped it smartly with her club."datedtransitive

3. (metalworking) To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.

4. (ambitransitive) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.Examples: "He started to rap after listening to Tupac."; "He rapped a song to his girlfriend."; "But the purported rise in violent videos online has led some MPs to campaign for courts to have more power to remove or block material on YouTube. The Labour MP Heidi Alexander said she was appalled after a constituent was robbed at knifepoint, and the attackers could be found brandishing weapons and rapping about gang violence online."ambitransitive

5. (informal, intransitive) To talk casually; to engage in conversation.Examples: "Three languages rapped, fumbled or rumblingly oozed all the while."; "Louie said, "I dig this Theo. I'm gonna learn Swahili and rap with him.""; "Got your address from NGTF, I could dig some mail and friends. I'll be released in July of '80, am 24, and like chess, body building, people and of course letters. Nice rapping to you."informalintransitive

1. (historical) Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.Examples: "Many counterfeits passed about under the name of raps."; "Tie it [her money] up so tight that you can't touch a rap, save with her consent."historical

1. (transitive) To seize and carry off.transitive

2. (transitive) To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture.transitive

1. (US, law enforcement) Acronym of record of arrest and prosecution.Synonyms: RAPUSabbreviationacronymalt-of

2. (countable, slang) A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.Examples: "We got one maybe ID, but when we checked, we found out the suspect's been in Rikers for a year on a drug rap."countableslang

1. (UK, pensions) Initialism of retirement annuity plan.UKabbreviationalt-ofinitialism

2. (US, law enforcement) Acronym of record of arrest and prosecution.Synonyms: rap, rapsheetUSabbreviationacronymalt-of