rap

Noun

• the act of hitting vigorously
  • he gave the table a whack
    

• 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

• voluble conversation

• the sound made by a gentle blow

• a gentle blow

• a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
  • he took the blame for it
    
  • it was a bum rap
    

Verb

• talk volubly

• perform rap music

• make light, repeated taps on a surface
  • he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently
    

• strike sharply
  • rap him on the knuckles
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  knock , belt , whack , whang , rap music , hip-hop , pat , tap , strike , blame , pink , knap