I. ˈrap noun
Etymology: Middle English rappe
Date: 14th century
1. : a sharp blow or knock
2.
a. : a sharp rebuke or criticism
b. : a negative and often undeserved reputation or charge — often used with bum or bad
given a bum rap by the press
3.
a. : the responsibility for or adverse consequences of an action
refused to take the rap
b. : a criminal charge
c. : a prison sentence
II. verb
( rapped ; rap·ping )
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1. : to strike with a sharp blow
2. : to utter suddenly and forcibly
3. : to cause to be or come by raps
rap the meeting to order
4. : to criticize sharply
intransitive verb
1. : to strike a quick sharp blow
2. : to make a short sharp sound
III. transitive verb
( rapped also rapt ˈrapt ; rap·ping )
Etymology: back-formation from rapt
Date: 1599
1. : to snatch away or upward
2. : enrapture
IV. noun
Etymology: perhaps from rap (I)
Date: 1834
: a minimum amount or degree (as of care or consideration) : the least bit
doesn't care a rap
V. intransitive verb
( rapped ; rap·ping )
Etymology: perhaps from rap (I)
Date: 1929
1. : to talk freely and frankly
2. : to perform rap music
VI. noun
Date: 1967
1. : talk , conversation ; also : a line of talk : patter
2.
a. : a rhythmic chanting often in unison of usually rhymed couplets to a musical accompaniment
b. : a piece so performed