wraps

noun

  1. 1

    A sharp blow with something hard.

    The teacher gave the wayward pupil a rap across the knuckles with her ruler.
  2. 2

    Blame for something.

    You can't act irresponsibly and then expect me to take the rap.
  3. 3

    A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.

  4. 4

    A casual talk.

  5. 5

    Rap music.

  6. 6

    A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.

  7. 7

    An appraisal.

    a good/great/bad rap
  8. 8

    A positive appraisal; a recommendation.

    He gave the novel quite a rap.

Synonyms

noun

  1. 1

    A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

noun

  1. 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. 2

    A whit; a jot.

    I don't care a rap.

verb

  1. 1

    To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.

  2. 2

    To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.

    A snake wraps itself around its prey.
  3. 3

    To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.

  4. 4

    (video production) To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.

  5. 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. 6

    To make functionality available through a software wrapper.

  7. 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.

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noun

  1. 1

    A garment that one wraps around the body to keep oneself warm.

  2. 2

    A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.

  3. 3

    (entertainment) The completion of all or a major part of a performance.

  4. 4

    A wraparound mortgage.

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