( transitive, intransitive ) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.
The sergeant rapped out a word of command to the troops.
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( metalworking ) To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
1717, Matthew Prior, The Dove With one great peal they rap the door.
( transitive, dated ) To strike with a quick blow to knock on.
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, / As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
You can't act irresponsibly and then expect me to take the rap. After a moment he rapped again, a little louder than before. He put his ear to the door and heard voices within, and the muffled sound of footsteps. He walked softly up the sanded path, tiptoed up the steps and across the piazza, and rapped at the front door, not too loudly, lest this too might attract the attention of the man across the street. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter II, When the others were disorderly, this young martyr received a rap intended, probably, as a sample of what the rest might expect, if they didn't amend. 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas, London: John Murray,, OCLC 364546898: The teacher sat at one end of the bench, with a meek little fellow by his side.