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Raps

A sharp blow with something hard.

📖 Definitions of "Raps"

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.

verb
  1. 1

    To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.

  2. 2

    To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.

  3. 3

    To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.

  4. 4

    To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.

    "He rapped a song to his girlfriend."

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."

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