wraps
noun
- 1
A sharp blow with something hard.
“The teacher gave the wayward pupil a rap across the knuckles with her ruler.”
- 2
Blame for something.
“You can't act irresponsibly and then expect me to take the rap.”
- 3
A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.
- 4
A casual talk.
- 5
Rap music.
- 6
A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
- 7
An appraisal.
“a good/great/bad rap”
- 8
A positive appraisal; a recommendation.
“He gave the novel quite a rap.”
Synonyms
noun
- 1
A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
noun
- 1
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.
- 2
A whit; a jot.
“I don't care a rap.”
verb
- 1
To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
- 2
To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
“A snake wraps itself around its prey.”
- 3
To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
- 4
(video production) To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.
- 5
(lines, words, text, etc.) To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line
“I wrapped the text so that I wouldn't need to scroll to the right to read it.”
- 6
To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
- 7
To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.
“The row counter wraps back to zero when no more rows can be inserted.”
Antonyms
noun
- 1
A garment that one wraps around the body to keep oneself warm.
- 2
A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
- 3
(entertainment) The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
- 4
A wraparound mortgage.
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