rap

Definition

  • n. a gentle blow
  • n. voluble conversation
  • n. 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
  • v. strike sharply

Word forms

Past tense
rapped
Third person singular
raps
Past participle
rapped
Present participle
rapping

Example sentences

  1. n.

    She gave the door a quick rap to get their attention.

  2. vt.

    The teacher had to rap the students for talking during the lesson.

  3. vi.

    They often rap about their favorite movies during lunch.

  4. 計

    The rap system helps manage the computer's memory efficiently.