Rap - Definition

n 1: a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame
for it"; "it was a bum rap" [syn: blame, rap]
2: a gentle blow [syn: rap, strike, tap]
3: the sound made by a gentle blow [syn: pat, rap, tap]
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 [syn: rap, rap music,
hip-hop]
6: the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"
[syn: knock, belt, rap, whack, whang]
v 1: strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles" [syn: rap,
knap]
2: make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his
fingers on the table impatiently" [syn: tap, rap,
knock, pink]
3: perform rap music
4: talk volubly