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Webster 1913 Edition


Rap

Rap

(răp)
,
Noun.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
Knight.

Rap

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rapped
(răpt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Rapping
.]
[Akin to Sw.
rappa
to strike,
rapp
stroke, Dan.
rap
, perhaps of imitative origin.]
To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock;
as, to
rap
on the door
.

Rap

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
With one great peal they
rap
the door.
Prior.
2.
(Founding)
To free (a pattern) in a mold by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.

Rap

,
Noun.
A quick, smart blow; a knock.

Rap

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rapped
(răpt)
, usually written
Rapt
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Rapping
.]
[OE.
rapen
; akin to LG. & D.
rapen
to snatch, G.
raffen
, Sw.
rappa
; cf. Dan.
rappe sig
to make haste, and Icel.
hrapa
to fall, to rush, hurry. The word has been confused with L.
rapere
to seize. Cf.
Rape
robbery,
Rapture
,
Raff
,
Verb.
,
Ramp
,
Verb.
]
1.
To snatch away; to seize and hurry off.
And through the Greeks and Ilians they
rapt

The whirring chariot.
Chapman.
From Oxford I was
rapt
by my nephew, Sir Edmund Bacon, to Redgrove.
Sir H. Wotton.
2.
To hasten.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.
3.
To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to transport out of one’s self; to affect with ecstasy or rapture;
as,
rapt
into admiration
.
I'm
rapt
with joy to see my Marcia's tears.
Addison.
Rapt
into future times, the bard begun.
Pope.
4.
To exchange; to truck.
[Obs. & Low]
To rap and ren
,
To rap and rend
.
[Perhaps fr. Icel.
hrapa
to hurry and
ræna
plunder, fr.
rān
plunder, E.
ran
.]
To seize and plunder; to snatch by violence.
Dryden.
“[Ye] waste all that ye may rape and renne.”
Chaucer.

All they could
rap and rend
and pilfer.
Hudibras.
To rap out
,
to utter with sudden violence, as an oath.
A judge who
rapped out
a great oath.
Addison.

Rap

,
Noun.
[Perhaps contr. fr.
raparee
.]
A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
Many counterfeits passed about under the name of
raps
.
Swift.
Tie it [her money] up so tight that you can't touch a
rap
, save with her consent.
Mrs. Alexander.
Not to care a rap
,
to care nothing.
Not worth a rap
,
worth nothing.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rap

RAP

,
Verb.
I.
[L. rapio, rapidus, rapid.]
To strike with a quick sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door.

RAP

,
Verb.
T.
To strike with a quick blow; to knock.
with one great peal they rap the door.
To rap out, to utter with sudden violence; as, to rap out an oath. [In the popular language of the United States, it is often pronounced rip, to rip out an oath; L. crepo.]

RAP

, v.t.
1.
to seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or rapture; as rapt into admiration.
I'm rapt with joy to see my Marcia's tears.
Rapt into future times the bar begun.
2.
To snatch or hurry away.
And rapt with whirling wheels.
Rapt in a chariot drawn by fiery steeds.
3.
To seize by violence.
4.
To exchange; to truck. [Low and not used.]
To rap and rend, to seize and tear or strip; to fall on and plunder; to snatch by violence. They brought off all they could rap and rend. [See Rend.]

RAP

,
Noun.
a quick smart blow; as a rap on the knuckles.

Definition 2024


Rap

Rap

See also: rap, RAP, ráp, rấp, rắp, rập, and гар

German

Noun

Rap m (genitive Raps, plural Raps)

  1. (uncountable) rap, rap music (music style)
  2. (countable) rap (song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music)

Related terms

rap

rap

See also: Rap, RAP, ráp, rấp, rắp, rập, and гар

English

Noun

rap (countable and uncountable, plural raps)

  1. (countable) A sharp blow with something hard.
    The teacher gave the wayward pupil a rap across the knuckles with her ruler.
    • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter II,
      He walked softly up the sanded path, tiptoed up the steps and across the piazza, and rapped at the front door, not too loudly, lest this too might attract the attention of the man across the street. There was no response to his rap. He put his ear to the door and heard voices within, and the muffled sound of footsteps. After a moment he rapped again, a little louder than before.
  2. (uncountable) Blame (for something), whether or not it results in a conviction.
    You can't act irresponsibly and then expect me to take the rap.
  3. (informal) A casual talk
  4. (music, uncountable) Rap music.
  5. A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English rappen, of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish rappa (to strike, beat, rap), German rappeln (to rattle).

Verb

rap (third-person singular simple present raps, present participle rapping, simple past and past participle rapped)

  1. (intransitive) To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
    • 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven":
      Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, ¶ Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, ¶ While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, ¶ As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. ¶ "'Tis some visitor", I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — ¶ Only this, and nothing more."
    • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter II,
      He walked softly up the sanded path, tiptoed up the steps and across the piazza, and rapped at the front door, not too loudly, lest this too might attract the attention of the man across the street. There was no response to his rap. He put his ear to the door and heard voices within, and the muffled sound of footsteps. After a moment he rapped again, a little louder than before.
  2. (transitive, dated) To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
    • Prior
      With one great peal they rap the door.
  3. (metalworking) To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
  4. (transitive, intransitive) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.
    He started to rap after listening to the Beastie Boys
    He rapped a song to his girlfriend.
    • 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian:
      But the purported rise in violent videos online has led some MPs to campaign for courts to have more power to remove or block material on YouTube. The Labour MP Heidi Alexander said she was appalled after a constituent was robbed at knifepoint, and the attackers could be found brandishing weapons and rapping about gang violence online.
  5. (informal, intransitive) To talk casually.
Synonyms
  • (strike something sharply with one's knuckles): knock, noogie
Derived terms
Translations

See also

Etymology 3

Uncertain.

Noun

rap (plural raps)

  1. A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

Etymology 4

Perhaps contracted from rapparee.

Noun

rap (plural raps)

  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.
    • Jonathan Swift
      Many counterfeits passed about under the name of raps.
    • Mrs. Alexander
      Tie it [her money] up so tight that you can't touch a rap, save with her consent.
  2. A whit; a jot.
    I don't care a rap.
    That's not worth a rap.

Anagrams


Danish

Etymology 1

Interjection

rap

  1. quack (imitating the sound of a duck

Etymology 2

Noun

rap n (indefinite plural rap)

  1. a strike intended to motivate someone to do something (e.g. for punishment or to spur on an animal)
    • 2008, Bitten Clausen - historier fra et liv, Gyldendal A/S (ISBN 9788702065138), page 14
      Hvis man ikke kunne sit stof, fik man et rap med stokken.
      If one did not know the material, one was given a strike with the cane.
    • 1841, Frederik Barfod, Brage og idun: et nordisk fjærdingårsskrift, page 346
      Skriftefaderen giver den Skriftende et Par Rap med sin Stok for hans Synders Skyld.
      The confessor gives the confessing one a couple of strikes with his cane for the sake of his sins.
    • 2016, Orla Narvedsen, Kaptajnens Åse, Lindhardt og Ringhof (ISBN 9788711510353)
      Kusken svarede med et Grynt, tog Pisken og gav Hestene et Par Rap af den.
      The coachdriver replied with a grunt, seized the whip and gave the horses a couple of strikes with it.

Etymology 3

Adjective

rap (neuter rapt, e-form rappe, comparative rappere, superlative (predicative) rappest, superlative (attributive) rappeste)

  1. quick, rapid
    • 2010, Jette A. Kaarsbøl, Din næstes hus: roman, Gyldendal A/S (ISBN 9788702100822), page 332
      Et øjeblik stod jeg og ledte efter et rapt svar.
      For a moment, I stood searching for a quick reply.
    • 2016, Kåre Johannessen, Kejserhøgen, Lindhardt og Ringhof (ISBN 9788711460689)
      “Motorcykler, der kan man bare se. Det er ellers nogle rappe maskiner. Har du kørt selv?“
      “Motor bikes, will you look at that. Those are indeed some fast machines. Have you driven them yourself?“
    • 2016, Kenneth Bøgh Andersen, Himmelherren, Rosinante & Co (ISBN 9788763845724)
      Han var også tyveknægten, der ikke ejede andet end en skarpsleben lommekniv, nogle rappe fingre, en god portion vovemod og et frækt sindelag.
      He was also the thief-boy, who owned nothing but a sharply-ground pocket-knife, some quick fingers, a large portion of daring and a mischievous disposition.
Inflection
Inflection of rap
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular rap rappere rappest2
Neuter singular rapt rappere rappest2
Plural rappe rappere rappest2
Definite attributive1 rappe rappere rappeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 4

Non-lemma forms.

Verb

rap

  1. imperative of rappe

Etymology 5

Verb

rap

  1. imperative of rappe

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rap, probably derived from rapen (Dutch rapen) which originally also meant "to make haste"; compare reppen and also Old Norse hrapa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɑp/
  • Rhymes: -ɑp

Adjective

rap (comparative rapper, superlative rapst)

  1. quick, fast
    Kom eens heel rap hier!
    Get over here real fast!
Inflection
Inflection of rap
uninflected rap
inflected rappe
comparative rapper
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial rap rapper het rapst
het rapste
indefinite m./f. sing. rappe rappere rapste
n. sing. rap rapper rapste
plural rappe rappere rapste
definite rappe rappere rapste
partitive raps rappers
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From English rap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛp/ (Netherlands), IPA(key): /rɑp/ (Belgium) or as in English
  • Rhymes: -ɛp (Netherlands), Rhymes: -ɑp (Belgium)

Noun

rap m (uncountable)

  1. rap music
Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowing from English rap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑp/
  • IPA(key): /ˈræp/

Noun

rap

  1. rap, rap music

Declension

Inflection of rap (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative rap rapit
genitive rapin rapien
partitive rapia rapeja
illative rapiin rapeihin
singular plural
nominative rap rapit
accusative nom. rap rapit
gen. rapin
genitive rapin rapien
partitive rapia rapeja
inessive rapissa rapeissa
elative rapista rapeista
illative rapiin rapeihin
adessive rapilla rapeilla
ablative rapilta rapeilta
allative rapille rapeille
essive rapina rapeina
translative rapiksi rapeiksi
instructive rapein
abessive rapitta rapeitta
comitative rapeineen
Inflection of rap (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative rap rapit
genitive rapin rapien
partitive rapiä rapejä
illative rapiin rapeihin
singular plural
nominative rap rapit
accusative nom. rap rapit
gen. rapin
genitive rapin rapien
partitive rapiä rapejä
inessive rapissä rapeissä
elative rapistä rapeistä
illative rapiin rapeihin
adessive rapillä rapeillä
ablative rapiltä rapeiltä
allative rapille rapeille
essive rapinä rapeinä
translative rapiksi rapeiksi
instructive rapein
abessive rapittä rapeittä
comitative rapeineen

Usage notes

As the word "rap" doesn't sit well in Finnish grammatic structure, the term räppi is widely used. Also the compound form rap-musiikki is quite common.

Synonyms

Related terms


French

Etymology

From English

Noun

rap m (uncountable)

  1. rap; rap music

Anagrams


Lojban

Rafsi

rap

  1. rafsi of rapli.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

rap n (definite singular rapet, indefinite plural rap, definite plural rapa or rapene)

  1. (a) burp, belch

Related terms

Verb

rap

  1. imperative of rape

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *raipaz, *raipą (rope, cord, band, ringlet), from Proto-Indo-European *roypnós (strap, band, rope). Compare Old Frisian rāp (West Frisian reap), Old Dutch reip, rēp (Dutch reep), Old High German reif (German Reif).

Noun

rāp m

  1. rope

Descendants


Old French

Etymology 1

Deverbal of Latin rapiō.

Noun

rap m (oblique plural ras, nominative singular ras, nominative plural rap) (Anglo-Norman)

  1. violent seizure
  2. abduction
  3. rape (unlawful sexual penetration)
Descendants

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Middle English rape.

Noun

rap m (oblique plural ras, nominative singular ras, nominative plural rap) (Anglo-Norman)

  1. rope

References


Portuguese

Noun

rap m (plural raps)

  1. rap music (music genre)

Synonyms


Spanish

Noun

rap m (plural raps)

  1. rap (music genre)

Swedish

Etymology 1

Backformation of rapa (to belch), from Old Swedish rapa. Cognate with Norwegian rape (to belch).

Noun

rap c

  1. belch
Declension
Inflection of rap 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rap rapen rapar raparna
Genitive raps rapens rapars raparnas
See also

Etymology 2

From English rap.

Noun

rap c

  1. (uncountable) rap music
Declension