Synonyms for rap
ræprap

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1. rapnoun

   To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.

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

   Synonyms:
   knock

2. rapnoun

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

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

   Synonyms:
   fall

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1. rap

   A blow is a sudden impact, as of a fist or a club; a stroke is a sweeping movement; as, the stroke of a sword, of an oar, of the arm in swimming. A shock is the sudden encounter with some heavy body; as, colliding railway-trains meet with a shock; the shock of battle. A slap is given with the open hand, a lash with a whip, thong, or the like; we speak also of the cut of a whip. A buffet or cuff is given only with the hand; a blow either with hand or weapon. A cuff is a somewhat sidelong blow, generally with the open hand; as, a cuff or box on the ear. A stripe is the effect or mark of a stroke. In the metaphorical sense, blow is used for sudden, stunning, staggering calamity or sorrow; stroke for sweeping disaster, and also for sweeping achievement and success. We say a stroke of paralysis, or a stroke of genius. We speak of the buffets of adverse fortune. Shock is used of that which is at once sudden, violent, and prostrating; we speak of a shock of electricity, the shock of an amputation, a shock of surprise. Compare BEAT.

   Synonyms:
   blow, box, buffet, calamity, concussion, cuff, cut, disaster, knock, lash, misfortune, shock, stripe, stroke, thump

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1. blame, rapnoun

   a reproach for some lapse or misdeed

   "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap"

   Synonyms:
   whack, knock, incrimination, hip-hop, strike, rap music, pat, belt, blame, whang, inculpation, tap

2. rap, strike, tapnoun

   a gentle blow

   Synonyms:
   dab, ten-strike, bang, strike, water tap, smasher, tap, belt, spigot, knock, work stoppage, hydrant, pat, whang, blame, hit, whack, rap music, hip-hop, water faucet, wiretap, smash

3. pat, rap, tapnoun

   the sound made by a gentle blow

   Synonyms:
   strike, wiretap, tap, belt, spigot, knock, water faucet, hydrant, pat, blame, whang, whack, rap music, hip-hop, dab, water tap

4. rapnoun

   voluble conversation

   Synonyms:
   knock, hip-hop, strike, rap music, pat, belt, whack, whang, blame, tap

5. rap, rap music, hip-hopnoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   knock, hip-hop, strike, rap music, pat, belt, whack, whang, blame, tap

6. knock, belt, rap, whack, whangverb

   the act of hitting vigorously

   "he gave the table a whack"

   Synonyms:
   bang, strike, swath, roast, tap, belt, knock, belted ammunition, pat, belt ammunition, blame, whang, whack, rap music, knocking, bash, hip-hop, smash

7. rap, knapverb

   strike sharply

   "rap him on the knuckles"

   Synonyms:
   knap, knock, pink, chip, cut off, break off, tap

8. tap, rap, knock, pinkverb

   make light, repeated taps on a surface

   "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"

   Synonyms:
   criticise, pick apart, solicit, bump, exploit, wiretap, tip, tap, pink, knock, intercept, bug, beg, tapdance, ping, knap, criticize, strike hard

9. rapverb

   perform rap music

   Synonyms:
   knap, pink, knock, tap

10. rapverb

    talk volubly

    Synonyms:
    knap, pink, knock, tap

Matched Categories

1. • Blow
   • Conversation
   • Music
   • Perform
   • Reproach
   • Sound
   • Talk

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1. rapnoun

   Synonyms:
   knock, stroke, pat, thump, thwack, small blow

2. rapverb

   Synonyms:
   strike (suddenly), knock, THWACK, WHACK

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1. rapnoun

   Synonyms:
   knock, thump, thwack

2. rapverb

   Synonyms:
   knock

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1. List of paraphrases for "rap":

   hbp, pcr, rapper, eor, apb, pip, eap, pa, paaaf, dap, par, raps, app

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How to use rap in a sentence?

1. John Blofeld:

   If being wealthy is taken to mean having the means to satisfy one's every want, all but the very poor can become rich as thou at a single stroke of a magician's wand, simply by ceasing to want more than is really necessary for sustaining life. By being content with little and not giving a rap for what the neighbours think, one can attain a very large measure of freedom, shedding care and worry in a trice.

2. Josh Baldwin:

   It does feel like we’re on edge, like something’s about to break and there’s about to be another big awakening, i feel like the younger generation – millennials – sometimes can get a bad rap, but the thing I love about it is that they are all-in on whatever they’re going for…and the ones that are going after the Lord they’re so passionate about it that I feel like that’s what changes our nation – their passion and their hunger.

3. Coralie Alison:

   There is an epidemic of violence against women, we can't have a national plan to reduce violence against women at the same time as rolling out the red carpet for rap artists with his history.

4. Pete Davidson:

   We're boat people now, Colin, i mean, you always were. You look like you own the yacht they rent out for rap videos.

5. Amar Bakshi:

   We have people making a rap album in 15 countries, now being produced out of Milwaukee, and kids in Mexico City have regular classes with kids in Burma.