different between pound vs rap
pound
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?nd/
- Rhymes: -a?nd
Etymology 1
From Middle English pound, from Old English pund (“a pound, weight”), from Proto-Germanic *pund? (“pound, weight”), an early borrowing from Latin pond? (“by weight”), ablative form of pondus (“weight”), from Proto-Indo-European *pend-, *spend- (“to pull, stretch”). Cognate with Dutch pond, German Pfund, Swedish pund. Doublet of pood.
Noun
pound (plural pounds) (sometimes pound after numerals)
- A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 37 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
- Synonym: lb
- A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (? 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of weight when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
- Synonym: lb t
- (US) The symbol # (octothorpe, hash)
- Synonyms: hash, sharp
- The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
- Synonyms: £, pound sterling, GBP, quid, nicker
- Any of various units of currency used in Egypt and Lebanon, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Israel.
- Synonym: punt
- Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
- Abbreviation for pound-force, a unit of force/weight. Using this abbreviation to describe pound-force is inaccurate and unscientific.
Usage notes
- Internationally, the "pound" has most commonly referred to the UK pound, £, (pound sterling). The other currencies were usually distinguished in some way, e.g., the "Irish pound" or the "punt".
- In the vicinity of each other country calling its currency the pound among English speakers the local currency would be the "pound", with all others distinguished, e.g., the "British pound", the "Egyptian pound" etc.
- The general plural of "pound" has usually been "pounds" (at least since Chaucer), but the continuing use of the Old English genitive or neuter "pound" as the plural after numerals (for both currency and weight) is common in some regions. It can be considered correct, or colloquial, depending on region.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- Pound (the unit of mass) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pound (the UK unit of currency) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- crown, farthing, florin, guinea, penny, pence, shilling, sovereign, sterling
Etymology 2
From Middle English pounde, ponde, pund, from Old English pund (“an enclosure”), related to Old English pyndan (“to enclose, shut up, dam, impound”). Compare also Old English pynd (“a cistern, lake”).
Noun
pound (plural pounds)
- A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
- Synonym: animal shelter
- (metonymically) The people who work for the pound.
- (Britain) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc. Short form of impound.
- Synonyms: (UK) car pound, (US) impound lot, (US) impound
- A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
- Synonym: reach
- A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
- (Newfoundland) a division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine
- Synonym: bulk
Usage notes
- Manx English uses this word uncountably.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
pound (third-person singular simple present pounds, present participle pounding, simple past and past participle pounded)
- To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
- c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):
- When I short haue shorne my sowce face
& swigg’d my horny barrell,
In an oaken Inne I pound my skin
as a suite of guilt apparrell
- When I short haue shorne my sowce face
- c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):
Etymology 3
From an alteration of earlier poun, pown, from Middle English pounen, from Old English p?nian (“to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush”), from Proto-Germanic *p?n?n? (“to break to pieces, pulverise”). Related to Saterland Frisian Pün (“debris, fragments”), Dutch puin (“debris, fragments, rubbish”), Low German pun (“fragments”). Perhaps influenced by Etymology 2 Middle English *pound, pond, from Old English *pund, pynd, in relation to the hollow mortar for pounding with the pestle.
Alternative forms
- poun, pown (obsolete or dialectal)
Verb
pound (third-person singular simple present pounds, present participle pounding, simple past and past participle pounded)
- (transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
- Synonyms: hammer, pelt; see also Thesaurus:hit
- (transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
- Synonyms: pulverate, triturate
- (transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
- Synonyms: bolt, down, chug; see also Thesaurus:eat, Thesaurus:drink
- (transitive, baseball, slang) To pitch consistently to a certain location.
- (intransitive, of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
- Synonyms: drill, get up in, nail, poke; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
- To advance heavily with measured steps.
- (engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.
- (slang, dated) To wager a pound on.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- bang
Noun
pound (plural pounds)
- A hard blow.
- Synonym: pounding
Translations
Middle English
Alternative forms
- pounde, pund, punde, powund
Etymology
From Old English pund, in turn from Proto-Germanic *pund?, from Latin pond?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pu?nd/, /pund/
Noun
pound (plural poundes or pounden or pound)
- A measurement for weight, most notably the Tower pound, merchant's pound or pound avoirdupois, or a weight of said measurement.
- A pound or other silver coin (including ancient coins), weighing one Tower pound of silver.
- Money or coinage in general, especially a great amount of it.
Descendants
- English: pound
- Scots: pund, poond
References
- “p?und(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-02-22.
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rap
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æp/
- Rhymes: -æp
- Homophone: wrap
Etymology 1
From Middle English rap, rappe, of North Germanic origin, related to Norwegian rapp (“a blow, strike, lash”), Swedish rapp (“a blow, lash, crack”), Danish rap (“a tap, smart, blow”). Compare Old English hreppan (“to touch, treat”). More at rape.
Noun
rap (countable and uncountable, plural raps)
- (countable) A sharp blow with something hard.
- The teacher gave the wayward pupil a rap across the knuckles with her ruler.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter II,
- 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. There was no response to his rap. He put his ear to the door and heard voices within, and the muffled sound of footsteps. After a moment he rapped again, a little louder than before.
- (slang) Blame for something.
- You can't act irresponsibly and then expect me to take the rap.
- (countable, slang) A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.
- 2014, James Neal Harvey, Mental Case
- We got one maybe ID, but when we checked, we found out the suspect's been in Rikers for a year on a drug rap.
- 2014, James Neal Harvey, Mental Case
- (informal) A casual talk.
- (music, uncountable) Rap music.
- A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
- (Australia, informal) An appraisal.
- (Australia, informal) A positive appraisal; a recommendation.
Synonyms
- (blame): fall
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English rappen, of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish rappa (“to strike, beat, rap”), German rappeln (“to rattle”).
Verb
rap (third-person singular simple present raps, present participle rapping, simple past and past participle rapped)
- (intransitive) To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter II,
- 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. There was no response to his rap. He put his ear to the door and heard voices within, and the muffled sound of footsteps. After a moment he rapped again, a little louder than before.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter II,
- (transitive, dated) To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
- 1717, Matthew Prior, The Dove
- With one great peal they rap the door.
- 1717, Matthew Prior, The Dove
- (metalworking) To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
- (transitive, intransitive) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.
- He started to rap after listening to Tupac.
- He rapped a song to his girlfriend.
- (informal, intransitive) To talk casually; to engage in conversation.
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 432]:
- Louie said, "I dig this Theo. I'm gonna learn Swahili and rap with him."
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 432]:
Synonyms
- (strike something sharply with one's knuckles): knock, noogie
Derived terms
- rap on
- rapper
Translations
See also
- emcee
- hip-hop
Etymology 3
Uncertain.
Noun
rap (plural raps)
- A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
Etymology 4
Perhaps contracted from rapparee.
Noun
rap (plural raps)
- (historical) Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
- 1724, Jonathan Swift, Drapier's Letters, 1
- Many counterfeits passed about under the name of raps.
- 1886, Mrs. Alexander, Beaton's Bargain
- Tie it [her money] up so tight that you can't touch a rap, save with her consent.
- 1724, Jonathan Swift, Drapier's Letters, 1
- A whit; a jot.
Etymology 5
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Scand., as Ice. hrapa, to rush headlong, cog. with Ger. raffen, to snatch.”)
Verb
rap (third-person singular simple present raps, present participle rapping, simple past and past participle rapped or rapt)
- (transitive) To seize and carry off.
- (transitive) To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture.
Anagrams
- APR, ARP, Apr, Apr., Arp, PAR, PRA, Par, RPA, apr, arp, par
Acehnese
Adjective
rap
- near
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Catalan
Etymology
Origin uncertain.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?rap/
Noun
rap m (plural raps)
- monkfish
Further reading
- “rap” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from English rap, from Middle English rap, rappe, of North Germanic origin.
Noun
rap
- rap music
- a song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music
Verb
rap
- to rap; to perform a rap
Danish
Etymology 1
Interjection
rap
- quack (imitating the sound of a duck)
Etymology 2
Of North Germanic and ultimately imitative origin; compare with Swedish rappa (“drub, beat, hit”).
Noun
rap n (indefinite plural rap)
- a strike intended to motivate someone to do something (e.g. for punishment or to spur on an animal)
- 2008, Bitten Clausen - historier fra et liv, Gyldendal A/S ?ISBN, page 14
- Hvis man ikke kunne sit stof, fik man et rap med stokken.
- If one did not know the material, one was given a strike with the cane.
- Hvis man ikke kunne sit stof, fik man et rap med stokken.
- 1841, Frederik Barfod, Brage og idun: et nordisk fjærdingårsskrift, page 346
- Skriftefaderen giver den Skriftende et Par Rap med sin Stok for hans Synders Skyld.
- The confessor gives the confessing one a couple of strikes with his cane for the sake of his sins.
- Skriftefaderen giver den Skriftende et Par Rap med sin Stok for hans Synders Skyld.
- 2016, Orla Narvedsen, Kaptajnens Åse, Lindhardt og Ringhof ?ISBN
- Kusken svarede med et Grynt, tog Pisken og gav Hestene et Par Rap af den.
- The coachdriver replied with a grunt, seized the whip and gave the horses a couple of strikes with it.
- Kusken svarede med et Grynt, tog Pisken og gav Hestene et Par Rap af den.
- 2008, Bitten Clausen - historier fra et liv, Gyldendal A/S ?ISBN, page 14
Etymology 3
Adjective
rap (neuter rapt, plural and definite singular attributive rappe, comparative rappere, superlative (predicative) rappest, superlative (attributive) rappeste)
- quick, rapid
- 2010, Jette A. Kaarsbøl, Din næstes hus: roman, Gyldendal A/S ?ISBN, page 332
- Et øjeblik stod jeg og ledte efter et rapt svar.
- For a moment, I stood searching for a quick reply.
- Et øjeblik stod jeg og ledte efter et rapt svar.
- 2016, Kåre Johannessen, Kejserhøgen, Lindhardt og Ringhof ?ISBN
- “Motorcykler, der kan man bare se. Det er ellers nogle rappe maskiner. Har du kørt selv?“
- “Motor bikes, will you look at that. Those are indeed some fast machines. Have you driven them yourself?“
- “Motorcykler, der kan man bare se. Det er ellers nogle rappe maskiner. Har du kørt selv?“
- 2016, Kenneth Bøgh Andersen, Himmelherren, Rosinante & Co ?ISBN
- Han var også tyveknægten, der ikke ejede andet end en skarpsleben lommekniv, nogle rappe fingre, en god portion vovemod og et frækt sindelag.
- He was also the thief-boy, who owned nothing but a sharply-ground pocket-knife, some quick fingers, a large portion of daring and a mischievous disposition.
- Han var også tyveknægten, der ikke ejede andet end en skarpsleben lommekniv, nogle rappe fingre, en god portion vovemod og et frækt sindelag.
- 2010, Jette A. Kaarsbøl, Din næstes hus: roman, Gyldendal A/S ?ISBN, page 332
Inflection
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
rap
- imperative of rappe
Etymology 5
Verb
rap
- imperative of rappe
Dutch
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch rap, probably derived from rapen (Dutch rapen) which originally also meant "to make haste"; compare reppen and also Old Norse hrapa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?p/
- Rhymes: -?p
Adjective
rap (comparative rapper, superlative rapst)
- quick, fast
- Kom eens heel rap hier!
- Get over here real fast!
- Kom eens heel rap hier!
Inflection
Synonyms
- snel
- vlug
- gezwind
Etymology 2
From English rap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?p/ (Netherlands), IPA(key): /r?p/ (Belgium) or as in English
- (Netherlands), (Belgium)
- Rhymes: -?p (Netherlands), Rhymes: -?p (Belgium)
Noun
rap m (uncountable)
- rap music
Derived terms
- rapmuziek
- rappen
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from English rap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?p/, [?r?p]
- IPA(key): /?ræp/, [?ræp]
- Rhymes: -?p
- Syllabification: rap
Noun
rap
- rap, rap music
Usage notes
As the word "rap" doesn't sit well in Finnish grammatic structure, the term räppi is widely used. Also the compound form rap-musiikki is quite common.
Declension
Synonyms
- räppi
Related terms
- räpätä
- räppäri
French
Etymology
From English rap
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ap/
- Homophones: wrap, râpe
Noun
rap m (uncountable)
- rap; rap music
Anagrams
- par
Hungarian
Etymology
From English rap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?r?p]
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
rap (plural rapok)
- (music) rap
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
rap n (definite singular rapet, indefinite plural rap, definite plural rapa or rapene)
- A burp; belch.
Related terms
- rape
Verb
rap
- imperative of rape
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *raipaz, *raip? (“rope, cord, band, ringlet”), from Proto-Indo-European *roypnós (“strap, band, rope”). Compare Old Frisian r?p (West Frisian reap), Old Dutch reip, r?p (Dutch reep), Old High German reif (German Reif).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r??p/
Noun
r?p m
- rope
Declension
Related terms
- r?pan
- r?pe
- r?ping
- r?pling
- r?pincel
Descendants
- Middle English: rape, rope
- English: rope
- ? Old French: rap
Old French
Etymology 1
Deverbal of Latin rapi?.
Noun
rap m (oblique plural ras, nominative singular ras, nominative plural rap) (Anglo-Norman)
- violent seizure
- abduction
- rape (unlawful sexual penetration)
Descendants
- English: rape
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle English rape, from Old English r?p.
Noun
rap m (oblique plural ras, nominative singular ras, nominative plural rap) (Anglo-Norman)
- rope
References
- rap on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *raip. Cognates include Old English r?p and Old Saxon *r?p.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ra?p/
Noun
r?p m
- rope
Descendants
- North Frisian:
- Föhr-Amrum: riap
- Halligen: reep
- Mooring: ruup
- Wiedingharde: ruup
- Saterland Frisian: Roop
- West Frisian: reap
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN
Polish
Etymology
From English rap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rap/
Noun
rap m inan
- rap music
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) rapowy
Related terms
- (verb) rapowa?
- (nouns) raper, raperka
- (adjective) raperski
Noun
rap m inan
- (ichthyology) asp
- Synonym: bole?
Declension
Further reading
- rap in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- rap in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English rap.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /???.pi/
Noun
rap m (plural raps)
- rap music (music genre)
- Synonym: hip hop
Spanish
Etymology
From English rap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rap/, [?rap]
Noun
rap m (plural raps)
- rap (music genre)
Swedish
Etymology 1
Back-formation of rapa (“to belch”), from Old Swedish rapa. Cognate with Norwegian rape (“to belch”).
Noun
rap c
- belch
Declension
See also
- rapa
Etymology 2
From English rap.
Noun
rap c
- (uncountable) rap music
Declension
Anagrams
- apr, par
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