RAPPING - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

the act of hitting vigorously

Example: he gave the table a whack

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

a reproach for some lapse or misdeed

Example: he took the blame for it; it was a bum rap

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment

Example: several forms of rap have emerged

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

voluble conversation

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Noun

the sound made by a gentle blow

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Noun

a gentle blow

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Verb

talk volubly

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Verb

strike sharply

Example: rap him on the knuckles

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Verb

perform rap music

Meaning 10

Part of speech: Verb

make light, repeated taps on a surface

Example: he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently