1. (

• blame ,
• rap

) a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap" ;

2. (

• rap ,
• strike ,
• tap ,

) a gentle blow ;

3. (

• pat ,
• rap ,
• tap

) the sound made by a gentle blow ;

4. (

• rap ,

) voluble conversation ;

5. (

• rap ,
• rap_music ,
• hip-hop

) 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 ;

6. (

• knock ,
• belt ,
• rap ,
• whack ,
• whang

) the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack" ;

1. (

• rap ,
• knap

) strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles" ;

2. (

• tap ,
• rap ,
• knock ,
• pink

) make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently" ;

3. (

• rap ,

) perform rap music ;

4. (

• rap

) talk volubly ;