transitive verb rapped, rapping rap′·ping

1. to strike quickly and sharply; tap
2. ☆ Slang to criticize sharply

Etymology: ME rappen, prob. of echoic orig.

intransitive verb

1. to knock quickly and sharply
2. ☆ to perform rap or a rap
3. ☆ Slang to talk; chat
4. ☆ Slang to talk seriously and frankly with another or others, often in an informal setting

noun

1. a quick, sharp knock; tap
2. ☆ Slang blame or punishment, as a prison sentence: usually in beat (or take) the rap, escape (or receive) the blame or punishment, or bum rap, unfair blame or punishment
3. ☆ Slang a talking; chat
4. ☆ Slang a serious, frank talk
5. ☆
   1. a kind of popular music in which rhymed verses are chanted or declaimed to the accompaniment of forceful and repetitive rhythms, played usually on drums or synthesizers
      also rap music
   2. a rap song or recording