Make light, repeated taps on a surface; 'he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently'.
Popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
Strike sharply; 'rap him on the knuckles'.
The act of hitting vigorously; 'he gave the table a whack'.
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.
Voluble conversation.
Reproach for some lapse or misdeed; 'he took the blame for it'; 'it was a bum rap'.
Lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
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 voluble conversation a gentle blow talk volubly strike sharply; 'rap him on the knuckles' perform rap music.