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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)

1. (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.

2. (slang) Blame for something.

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

3. (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.

4. (informal) A casual talk.
5. (music, uncountable) Rap music.
6. A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
7. (Australia, informal) An appraisal.

8. (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)

1. (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.

2. (transitive, dated) To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
   • 1717, Matthew Prior, The Dove

     With one great peal they rap the door.

3. (metalworking) To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
4. (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.
5. (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."

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)

1. A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

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Etymology 4

Perhaps contracted from rapparee.

Noun

rap (plural raps)

1. (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.

2. 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)

1. (transitive) To seize and carry off.
2. (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

1. 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)

1. 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

1. rap music
2. a song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music

Verb

rap

1. to rap; to perform a rap

Danish

Etymology 1

Interjection

rap

1. 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)

1. 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.

   • 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.

   • 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.

Etymology 3

Adjective

rap (neuter rapt, plural and definite singular attributive rappe, comparative rappere, superlative (predicative) rappest, superlative (attributive) rappeste)

1. 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.

   • 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?“

   • 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.

Inflection

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

rap

1. imperative of rappe

Etymology 5

Verb

rap

1. 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)

1. quick, fast

   Kom eens heel rap hier!

   Get over here real fast!

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)

1. 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

1. 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)

1. rap; rap music

Anagrams

• par

Hungarian

Etymology

From English rap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?r?p]
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

rap (plural rapok)

1. (music) rap

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

rap n (definite singular rapet, indefinite plural rap, definite plural rapa or rapene)

1. A burp; belch.

Related terms

• rape

Verb

rap

1. 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

1. 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)

1. violent seizure
2. abduction
3. 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)

1. 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

1. 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

1. rap music

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) rapowy

Related terms

• (verb) rapowa?
• (nouns) raper, raperka
• (adjective) raperski

Noun

rap m inan

1. (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)

1. rap music (music genre)

   Synonym: hip hop

Spanish

Etymology

From English rap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rap/, [?rap]

Noun

rap m (plural raps)

1. 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

1. belch

Declension

See also

• rapa

Etymology 2

From English rap.

Noun

rap c

1. (uncountable) rap music

Declension

Anagrams

• apr, par

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Originally Scottish. Probably onomatopoeic, although possibly a variant of thwack.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæk/
• (without the wine–whine merger) IPA^(key): /?æk/
• Rhymes: -æk
• Homophone: wack (accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun

whack (plural whacks)

1. The sound of a heavy strike.
2. The strike itself.
3. The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.
4. (US, slang) An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.

   C'mon. Take a whack at it.

   40 bucks a whack.

5. (originally Britain cant, dated) A share, a portion, especially a full share or large portion.
   • 1906, Jack London, White Fang, New York: Grosset and Dunlap, Part 1, Chapter 2, p. 16,^[1]

     “It’s damned tame, whatever it is, comin’ in here at feedin’ time an’ gettin’ its whack of fish.”

   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: Appleton, Chapter VII, page 108,^[2]

     “ […] O'Cannon's a taxpayer. He pays his whack towards the upkeep of the State School up in town—”

   • 1951, Katherine Mansfield, Letters to John Middleton Murry, 1913-1922,

     For one thing I had a splendid supper when I got on board—a whack of cold, lean beef and pighells, bread, butter ad lib., tea, and plenty of good bread.

   • 2014, Anthony Pritchard, Grand Prix Ferrari (page 203)

     There were problems over the installation of the engine and the handling. The team had paid top whack for the two Coopers, but the company gave them no help at all.

6. (obsolete) A whack-up: a division of an amount into separate whacks, a divvying up.
7. (US, obsolete) A deal, an agreement.
   • 1876, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Ch. vi, page 70:

     "I'll stay if you will."
     "Good—that's a whack."

   It's a whack!

8. (typography, computing, slang) The backslash, ??\??.

   del c:\docs\readme.txt

   Delete c colon whack docs whack readme dot text.

Derived terms

• full whack
• have a whack at
• out of whack
• take a whack at
• top whack
• wacky
• whack up, whack-up

Translations

Verb

whack (third-person singular simple present whacks, present participle whacking, simple past and past participle whacked)

1. To hit, slap or strike.
   • G. W. Cable

     Rodsmen were whacking their way through willow brakes.

2. (slang) To kill, bump off.
3. (transitive, slang) To share or parcel out (often with up).

   to whack the spoils of a robbery

   • 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, London: G. Newbold, Volume 2, p. 152,

     When the sewer-hunters consider they have searched long enough […] the gang […] count out the money they have picked up, and proceed to dispose of the old metal, bones, rope, &c.; this done, they then, as they term it, “whack” the whole lot; that is, they divide it equally among all hands.

4. (sports) To beat convincingly; to thrash.
   • 2012, Ryan Pyette, Majors, Panthers play mind games, The London Free Press:

     The fidgety Majors were whacked 9-1 by the Kitchener Panthers at Couch and now trail their rivals 2-0 in an increasingly uncomfortable best-of-seven Intercounty Baseball League first-round series.

5. (Britain, chiefly in the negative) To surpass; to better.
   • 2012, Steve Cullen, Total Flyfisher:

     Recently I was over in Ireland, I love the place, proper fishing, can't whack it!

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:kill

Derived terms

• whack off
• whack the illy

Translations

Adjective

whack (comparative whacker, superlative whackest)

1. Alternative form of wack (“crazy”)

   That's whack, yo!

   • 2007, Joyce E. Davis, Can't Stop The Shine, page 51:

     As they joked about the big butts on female celebrities and what rappers had the whackest lyrics, Malcolm paid little attention to Kalia besides squeezing her hand or grabbing her arm to hold himself up […]

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "whack, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1923.