rap

1. 1.

   strike sharply

   “rap him on the knuckles”

   Synonymsknap

   Broaderstrike

   Narrowerknock
2. 2.

   make light, repeated taps on a surface

   “he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently”

   Synonymstapknockpink

   Broadersound
3. 3.

   perform rap music

   Broaderperform

   music

4. 4.

   talk volubly

   Broadertalk

Other forms of rap

plural

raps·

past tense or participle

rapped

present participle

rapping

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rap

What does rap mean?

rap means "a reproach for some lapse or misdeed". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rap?

rap has 1 syllable: rap. In IPA it is /ˈɹæp/.

What is another word for rap?

Close synonyms include blame, strike, tap, pat, tap. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rap a common word?

rap is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with rap?

2 words rhyme with rap. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.