Definitions for the word "rap" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. i.
To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To free (a pattern) in a mold by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A quick, smart blow; a knock.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v.
To snatch away; to seize and hurry off.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v.
To hasten.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v.
To exchange; to truck.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
1 smart slight blow. 2 knock, sharp tapping sound. 3 slang blame, punishment. 4 a rhythmic monologue recited to music. B (in full rap music) style of rock music with words recited. v. (-pp-) 1 strike smartly. 2 knock; make a sharp tapping sound. 3 criticize adversely. 4 perform a rap. take the rap suffer the consequences. rapper n. [probably imitative]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
12. n.
Small amount, the least bit (don''t care a rap). [irish ropaire counterfeit coin]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
13. slang
a halfpenny; frequently used generically for money, thus:—“I
haven’t a RAP,” _i.e._, I have no money whatever; “I don’t care a RAP,”
&c. Originally a species of counterfeit coin used for small change in
Ireland, against the use of which a proclamation was issued, 5th May,
1737. Small copper or base metal coins are still called RAPPEN in the
Swiss cantons. Irish robbers were formerly termed RAPPAREES.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
14. slang
to utter rapidly and vehemently; “he RAPPED out a volley of
oaths.”
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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