rapper

See also: Rapper

English

Alternative forms

• rappuh

Etymology

rap +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Homophones: wrapper
• Rhymes: -æpə(r)

Noun

rapper (plural rappers)

1. One who, or that which, raps or knocks.
   1. The knocker of a door.
   2. (historical, mining) A swinging knocker for making signals at the mouth of a shaft.
   3. A spiritualistic medium who claims to receive communications from spirits in the form of knocking sounds.
2. (music) A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music.

   He rose from the ghetto to become a successful rapper.

3. (obsolete, Scotland) A sword.
4. A flexible strip of metal, 45-60cm long, with handles at each end, used for Northumbrian rapper sword dancing.
5. A mechanical, or later electric, signalling device formerly used in the mines of north-eastern England to signal to the engineman that the cages carrying men or coals up and down the shaft were ready to be raised or lowered.
6. (colloquial, dated) A bold lie; a whopper.
7. (colloquial, dated) A loud oath.

Translations

one who knocks

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performer of rap music, or one who raps

• Armenian: ռեպեր (hy) (ṙeper)
• Dutch: rapper (nl) m
• Finnish: rappari (fi), räppäri (fi)
• French: rappeur (fr) m, rappeuse (fr) f
• German: Rapper (de) m
• Icelandic: rappari (is) m
• Irish: ceoltóir rap m
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• Japanese: ラッパー (rappa)
• Polish: raper (pl) m
• Portuguese: rapper (pt) m or f
• Russian: рэпер (ru) (rɛper), рэппер (ru) m or n (rɛpper)
• Swedish: rappare (sv) c
• Turkish: rapçi, meyhaneci (tr)

lie

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sword

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fake sword

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signal device

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Anagrams

• RepRap

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Danish

Etymology 1

Noun

rapper c (singular definite rapperen, plural indefinite rappere)

1. rapper (practitioner of rap music)

Declension

Declension of rapper

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rapper	rapperen	rappere	rapperne
genitive	rappers	rapperens	rapperes	rappernes

Verb

rapper

1. (deprecated template usage) present of rappe

Etymology 2

Verb

rapper

1. (deprecated template usage) present of rappe

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Dutch

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑpər/

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• Hyphenation: rap‧per
• Rhymes: -ɑpər

Adjective

rapper

1. (deprecated template usage) Comparative form of rap

Etymology 2

From English rapper. Surface analysis rappen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛpər/ or as in English

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• Hyphenation: rap‧per

Noun

rapper m (plural rappers, diminutive rappertje n)

1. rapper (performer of rap music)

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French

Etymology 1

English rap +‎ -er

Alternative forms

• raper

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.pe/

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Verb

rapper

1. (music) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English rapper.

Alternative forms

• rappeur (more common)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.pœʁ/

Noun

rapper m (plural rappers)

1. (music) rapper

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Portuguese

Noun

1. rapper (hip hop performer)