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  Rap \Rap\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rapped (r[a^]pt); 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.
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  Rap \Rap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rapped (r[a^]pt), 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, v., Ramp, v.]
     1. To snatch away; to seize and hurry off.
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              And through the Greeks and Ilians they rapt
              The whirring chariot.                 --Chapman.
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              From Oxford I was rapt by my nephew, Sir Edmund
              Bacon, to Redgrove.                   --Sir H.
                                                    Wotton.
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     2. To hasten. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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     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.
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              I'm rapt with joy to see my Marcia's tears.
                                                    --Addison.
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              Rapt into future times, the bard begun. --Pope.
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     4. To exchange; to truck. [Obs. & Low]
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     5. To engage in a discussion, converse.
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     6. (ca. 1985) to perform a type of rhythmic talking, often
        with accompanying rhythm instruments. It is considered by
        some as a type of music; see rap music.
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     To rap and ren, To rap and rend. [Perhaps fr. Icel. hrapa
        to hurry and r[ae]na plunder, fr. r[=a]n plunder, E. ran.]
        To seize and plunder; to snatch by violence. --Dryden.
        ``[Ye] waste all that ye may rape and renne.'' --Chaucer.
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              All they could rap and rend and pilfer. --Hudibras.
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     To rap out, to utter with sudden violence, as an oath.
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              A judge who rapped out a great oath.  --Addison.
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  Rap \Rap\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rapped; 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 \Rap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rapped, 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, v., Ramp, v.]
     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. & Law]
  
     To rap and ren, To rap and rend. [Perhaps fr. Icel. hrapa
        to hurry and r[ae]na plunder, fr. r[=a]n 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 pilfer.   --Hudibras.
  
     To rap out, to utter with sudden violence, as an oath.
  
              A judge who rapped out a great oath.  --Addison.

  rap
       n 1: a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for
            it"; "it was a bum rap" [syn: blame]
       2: a gentle blow [syn: strike, tap]
       3: the sound made by a gentle blow [syn: pat, tap]
       4: voluble conversation
       5: 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 [syn: rap
          music, hip-hop]
       6: the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"
          [syn: knock, belt, whack, whang]
       v 1: strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles" [syn: knap]
       2: make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his
          fingers on the table impatiently" [syn: tap, knock, pink]
       3: perform rap music
       4: talk volubly
       [also: rapping, rapped]

  rapping
       See rap

  rapping
     a.
     (lb en colloquial dated) Remarkably large; whopping.
     n.
     1 The sound of a rap or knock.
     2 (lb en music) Musical speech accompanied by a rhythm, most commonly
  as part of hip-hop music.
     vb.
     (present participle of en rap nocat=1)

  rapping
     a.
     (lb en colloquial dated) Remarkably large; whopping.
     n.
     1 The sound of a rap or knock.
     2 (lb en music) Musical speech accompanied by a rhythm, most commonly
  as part of hip-hop music.
     vb.
     (present participle of en rap nocat=1)

  rapping
     a.
     (lb en colloquial dated) Remarkably large; whopping.
     n.
     1 The sound of a rap or knock.
     2 (lb en music) Musical speech accompanied by a rhythm, most commonly
  as part of hip-hop music.
     vb.
     (present participle of en rap nocat=1)

  rapping
     a.
     (lb en colloquial dated) Remarkably large; whopping.
     n.
     1 The sound of a rap or knock.
     2 (lb en music) Musical speech accompanied by a rhythm, most commonly
  as part of hip-hop music.
     vb.
     (present participle of en rap nocat=1)

  rapping
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en rap ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb rap)

  Rapping /ɹˈapɪŋ/
  الطرقة

  rapping /ɹˈapɪŋ/ 
  klepající

  rapping /ɹˈapɪŋ/
  Losklopfen  [techn.]  [maschinelles]
           Note: Gießerei
           Note: foundry

  rapping /ɹˈapɪŋ/
  attackierend, kritisierend
   see: rap, rapped
  

  rapping /ɹˈapɪŋ/
  1. kopogó
  2. kopogás

  
/ˈɹæpɪŋ/

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "rapping":
     accents, banging, blasting, bursting, chatter,
     colloquial discourse, colloquy, comment, communication, communion,
     conversation, converse, conversing, cracking, crashing, discourse,
     elocution, exchange, exploding, explosive, flapping, gab,
     give-and-take, intercourse, interlocution, knocking, language,
     oral communication, palaver, parole, popping, prattle, slapping,
     slatting, speaking, speech, talk, talking, tapping,
     verbal intercourse, words, yakkety-yak, yakking
  
  

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