rap

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.2.1 Homophones 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 See also 1.6 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Synonyms 3 Old English 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Swedish 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 See also

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[edit] Etymology

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ræp/

  Rhymes: -æp

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• wrap

[edit] Noun

rap (countable and uncountable; plural raps)

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1. (countable) A sharp blow with something hard.

   The teacher gave the wayward pupil a rap across the knuckles with her ruler.

2. (uncountable) Blame (for something).

   You can't act irresponsibly and then expect me to take the rap.

3. (uncountable) Rap music.

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• (blame): fall

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to rap (third-person singular simple present raps, present participle rapping, simple past and past participle rapped)

1. To strike something sharply with one's knuckles.
   • 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven":

     Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, ¶ Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, ¶ While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, ¶ As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. ¶ "'Tis some visitor", I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — ¶ Only this, and nothing more."

2. To speak lyrics in the style of rap music.

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• (strike something sharply with one's knuckles): knock

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• rap on
• rapper

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• emcee
• hip-hop

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• Alphagram: apr , Apr., APR
• ARP
• par, Par, PAR

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rap (alternate form: rappe, comparative: rapper, superlative: rapst)

1. quick, fast

   Kom eens heel rap hier! - You quickly get over here!

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From English rap

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rap

1. rap music

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• snel, vlug, gezwind

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[edit] Old English

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Proto-Germanic *raipa-

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rāp m

1. rope

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rap c.

Inflection for rap 1	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	rap	rapen	rapar	raparna
Possessive form	raps	rapens	rapars	raparnas

Declination for rap 2	Singular		Uncountable
Common	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	rap	rapen
Possessive form	raps	rapens

1. belch
2. (uncountable) rap music

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• rapa