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Meaning of rap

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  rap
      n 1: a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame
           for it"; "it was a bum rap" [syn: {blame}, {rap}]
      2: a gentle blow [syn: {rap}, {strike}, {tap}]
      3: the sound made by a gentle blow [syn: {pat}, {rap}, {tap}]
      4: voluble conversation
      5: 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 [syn: {rap}, {rap music},
         {hip-hop}]
      6: the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"
         [syn: {knock}, {belt}, {rap}, {whack}, {whang}]
      v 1: strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles" [syn: {rap},
           {knap}]
      2: make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his
         fingers on the table impatiently" [syn: {tap}, {rap},
         {knock}, {pink}]
      3: perform rap music
      4: talk volubly

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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