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rap

noun
  1. the act of hitting vigorously
    knock
  2. a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
    blame
  3. 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”
    rap musichip-hop
  4. voluble conversation
  5. the sound made by a gentle blow
    tap
  6. a gentle blow
    strike
verb
  1. talk volubly
  2. to strike sharply
    “I rapped them on the knuckles.”
    knap
  3. perform rap music
  4. make light, repeated taps on a surface
    tap