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- DictionaryRap/rap/
verb
- 1. strike (a hard surface) with a series of rapid audible blows, especially in order to attract attention: "he stood up and rapped the table"
- 2. perform rap music: "he raps under the name of Mr. T"
noun
- 1. a quick, sharp knock or blow: "there was a confident rap at the door"
- 2. a type of popular music of US black origin in which words are recited rapidly and rhythmically over a prerecorded, typically electronic instrumental backing: "the label specializes in rap and modern soul"
1. : talk, conversation. also : a line of talk : patter. 2. a. or rap music : a type of music of African American origin in which rhythmic and usually rhyming speech is chanted to a musical accompaniment. enjoys listening to rap. often used before another noun. rap music.
Aug 8, 2024 · Rap, musical style in which rhythmic and/or rhyming speech is chanted (’rapped’) to musical accompaniment. This backing music, which can include digital sampling, is also called hip-hop, the name used to refer to a broader cultural movement that includes rap, deejaying, graffiti painting, and break dancing.
Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, [ 1 ]emceeing[ 2 ] or MCing[ 2 ][ 3 ]) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates " rhyme, rhythmic speech, and [commonly] street vernacular ". [ 4 ] It is usually performed over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. [ 4 ]
a statement accusing someone of a crime, or the punishment that someone is given for a crime: He always said he was jailed on a bum rap (= false accusation). The police caught him, but somehow he managed to beat the rap (= escape punishment).
Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, [7] [8] is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.
A form of pop music characterized by spoken or chanted rhymed lyrics, with a syncopated, repetitive accompaniment. Rap music originated in the second half of the twentieth century in black urban communities. ( See also hip-hop.)
A rap is a knock or blow, like if you rap somebody upside the head as a gentle reminder to pay attention. The word rap also means, "reputation,” like if you get a bad rap at school for sleeping in class.
RAP definition: 1. a type of music in which the words are spoken and there is a strong beat: 2. a sudden, short…. Learn more.
Britannica Dictionary definition of RAP. 1. [count] : a quick hit or knock. I was startled by a sharp rap on/against/at the window/door. He gave me a rap on the knee. 2. [count] US, informal : a statement by police or the government saying that someone has committed a crime — usually singular.
Definition of rap noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
