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11Rap — Rap, n. [Perhaps contr. fr. raparee.] A 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. [1913 Webster] Many counterfeits passed about… …
12Rap — or RAP may refer to: *Rapping, genre of poetry and music in which rhyming lyrics are chanted, with or without musical accompaniment *Hip hop music, also known as rap music *A sharp blow with something hard, e.g. a rap across the knuckles *The… …
13rap — [n1/v1] hit quickly and lightly beat, blow, conk, crack, knock, lick, pat, strike, swat, swipe, tap, whack; concept 189 rap [n2] conversation causerie, chat, chin*, colloquy, confabulation, conference, deliberation, dialogue, discourse,… …
14Rap — Rap, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rapped} (r[a^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rapping}.] [Akin to Sw. rappa to strike, rapp stroke, Dan. rap, perhaps of imitative origin.] To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door. [1913 Webster] …
15rap — s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS mus. genere musicale nato negli USA alla fine degli anni Settanta, caratterizzato dal prevalere della voce che realizza un parlato molto ritmato su una base musicale uniforme e cadenzata; anche in funz. agg.inv …
16Rap — Rap [ræp] ist ein Sprechgesang und Teil der Kultur des Hip Hop. „to rap (dt.: klopfen, pochen, meckern, Gefühle zeigen oder aber R.a.P. = Rhythm and Poetry zu dt.: Rhythmus und Poesie) deutet die Art der Musik und des Sprechgesangs an. Mit dem …
17rap´id|ly — rap|id «RAP ihd», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. moving, acting, or doing with speed; very quick; swift: »a rapid walk, a rapid worker. SYNONYM(S): fleet, speedy. See syn. under quick. (Cf. ↑quick) 2. going on or forward at a fast rate: »rapid growth …
18rap|id — «RAP ihd», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. moving, acting, or doing with speed; very quick; swift: »a rapid walk, a rapid worker. SYNONYM(S): fleet, speedy. See syn. under quick. (Cf. ↑quick) 2. going on or forward at a fast rate: »rapid growth, rapid… …
19Rap — Rap, v. t. 1. To strike with a quick blow; to knock on. [1913 Webster] With one great peal they rap the door. Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. (Founding) To free (a pattern) in a mold by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal. [1913… …
20Rap — Rap, n. 1. conversation; also, rapping. [PJC] 2. (ca. 1985) a type of rhythmic talking, often with accompanying rhythm instruments; {rap music}. [PJC] …
