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to rap

to rap

28 4.1
To speak rhyming words in time with a strong musical beat
  • verb
  • /ræp/
translation icon : rapear
  • I mean, man, I never heard anybody rap like that, man.

And that's when I said, yeah, like you can rap on these songs.

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Examples

Synonyms

to freestyle
vsto rap
  • Informal
4 4.1

To perform music, dance, or speech without planning and make it up as you go

is rhythmic spoken lyrics over a beat often created beforehand rather than improvised

Antonyms

1.0

Pay attention to sounds or speech to hear and understand them

Idioms

6.9

Gently punish or criticize someone for a small mistake

To tell someone they are wrong in a mild, formal way

Compounds

rap sheet
  • Jargon
38 7.6

A police list of a person's arrests and convictions

26 2.3

Music with fast rhyming speech spoken over a beat

bum rap
  • Informal
8 9.1

Unfair blame or punishment for something you did not do

rap session
  • Informal
1 7.7

An informal meeting where people openly share feelings and ideas

rap session
  • Informal
1 7.0

An informal musical gathering where rappers perform and freestyle over beats

How Skilled

to freestyle
  • Informal
4 4.1
to rap
28 4.1
to recite
86 3.5
to speak
  • Formal
3.2

Surface Forms

rap infinitive
rapped past
rapped past participle
rapping present participle
raps third person singular

Etymology

Rap meaning to perform rap music comes from that musical sense of rhythmic speech, so to rap is to speak your words in time with a beat.