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rapnoun1 a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a personthe headlines in the paper today are all about the mayor facing an embezzlement rap charge, complaint, count, indictment accusation, allegation, pleacriminationcounteraccusation, counterchargearraignment, impeachmentimplication, imputation, innuendo, insinuationcensure, condemnation, denunciationincrimination, recrimination a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrumentthe doctor used a little hammer to give me a rap on the knee to test my reflexes bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, biff, blow, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, douse(British), fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, larrup(dialect), lash, lick, pelt, pick, plump, poke, pound, punch, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, switch, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop(also whap) counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstrokebody blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercutcruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KObastinado(or bastinade), battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling(or cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling(also pummelling), thrashingflogging, walloping, whip, whipping responsibility for wrongdoing or failurewould sooner take the rap for the missing money than tell on his friend blame, culpability, fault, guilt, onus blameworthiness, complicity, guiltiness, sinfulnessaccusation, censure, condemnation, denunciation, finger-pointing, reproachregret, remorse, self-reproach, shame blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, innocence rapnoun2friendly, informal conversation or an instance of thisafter our pickup softball game, I had a friendly rap with a couple of the guys in the park backchat, cackle, causerie, chat, chatter, chin music, chin-wag(slang), chitchat, confab, confabulation, gab, gabfest, gossip, jangle, jaw, natter(chiefly British), palaver, patter, schmooze, small talk, table talk, talk, tête-à-tête colloquy, conference, discourse, parley, powwow(informal, now offensive), symposiumdebate, dialogue(also dialog), exchange, give-and-takecrosstalk, happy talkyak(also yack), yammer, yap rapnoun3the smallest amount or part imaginableI don't care a rap about losing that old jacket beans, bubkes(also bupkes or bupkus), continental, damn, darn(also durn), diddly(slang), diddly-squat(slang), doodley-squat(or doodly-squat), fig, ghost, hoot, iota, jot, lick, modicum, squat(slang), syllable, tittle, whit, whoop ace, bit, crumb, dab, driblet, glimmer, hint, little, mite, nip, ounce, particle, peanuts, pin, ray, scrap, scruple, semblance, shade, shadow, shred, skosh, smidgen(also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), snap, speck, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, touch, trace rapverb1to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous mannera childhood memory of the time he got his knuckles rapped for trying to steal candy from the corner store bang, bash, bat, belt, biff, bludgeon, bob, bonk, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clock, clout, crack, hammer, hit, knock, nail, paste, pound, punch, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, swipe, tag, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale, zap batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, lace, lambaste(or lambast), lick, mangle, maul, pelt, pepper, pommel, pummel, roughscuffbunt, flick, stroke, tapbump, butt, jab, jostle, kick, knee, poke, prod, push, shove, stampbowl (down or over), cream, deck, dump(slang), fell, floor, knock down, levelrabbit-punch, sucker punchcane, club, cudgel, flail, flog, lash, sap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, spear, stab, switch, thrash, whipbean, brain, conk, skull hang one on to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmicallythe impatient man was rapping his knuckles on the door, hoping to wake up the sleeping attendant beat, drum, tap bang, bash, bat, bonk, bop, hammer, hit, knock, paste, pound, slam, smack, sock, strike, swat, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, whackchink, clatter, clink, pingpat, pit-a-pat, pitter-patterchuck, clap, click, flick, tip rapverb2to engage in casual or rambling conversationthe guys at the gym never seem to tire about rapping about basketball babble, blab, cackle, chaffer(British), chat, chatter, chin(slang), converse, gab, gabble, gas, jabber, jaw, kibitz(also kibbitz), natter, palaver, patter, prate, prattle, rattle, run on, schmooze(or shmooze), talk, twitter, visit gossip, tattledescant, discuss, expatiateyak(also yack), yammer, yap blow smoke, chew the fat(also chew the rag), shoot the breeze, talk a blue streak rapverb3to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)concertgoers were utterly rapped by the power of Handel's oratorio carry away, enrapture, enthrall(or enthral), entrance, rapture, ravish, transport delight, gladden, gratify, please, satisfybewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, fascinateelate, excite, exhilarate, stir knock dead, knock one's socks off to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forciblysuddenly the hawk swooped down and rapped the unwary rodent bag, capture, catch, collar, cop(slang), corral, get, glom, grab, grapple, hook, land, nab, nail, net, nobble(British slang), seize, snag, snap (up), snare, snatch, trap glove, halter, lasso, ropeapprehend, arrest, detainbay, cornerclasp, clutch, fasten (on), fist, grasp, grip, hold, latch (on or onto), securerend, wrestenmesh(also immesh), ensnare, entangle, entrap, meshabduct, kidnap, spirit (away or off) take hold (of) miss discharge, free, liberate, releasedrop, loosen, unhand in the 14th century |