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Antonyms for rap
ræprap
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rap
A blow is a sudden impact, as of a fist or a club; a stroke is a sweeping movement; as, the stroke of a sword, of an oar, of the arm in swimming. A shock is the sudden encounter with some heavy body; as, colliding railway-trains meet with a shock; the shock of battle. A slap is given with the open hand, a lash with a whip, thong, or the like; we speak also of the cut of a whip. A buffet or cuff is given only with the hand; a blow either with hand or weapon. A cuff is a somewhat sidelong blow, generally with the open hand; as, a cuff or box on the ear. A stripe is the effect or mark of a stroke. In the metaphorical sense, blow is used for sudden, stunning, staggering calamity or sorrow; stroke for sweeping disaster, and also for sweeping achievement and success. We say a stroke of paralysis, or a stroke of genius. We speak of the buffets of adverse fortune. Shock is used of that which is at once sudden, violent, and prostrating; we speak of a shock of electricity, the shock of an amputation, a shock of surprise. Compare BEAT.
Synonyms:
blow, box, buffet, calamity, concussion, cuff, cut, disaster, knock, lash, misfortune, shock, stripe, stroke, thump
Princeton's WordNet
blame, rapnoun
a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
"he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap"
Synonyms:
whack, knock, incrimination, hip-hop, strike, rap music, pat, belt, blame, whang, inculpation, taprap, strike, tapnoun
a gentle blow
Synonyms:
dab, ten-strike, bang, strike, water tap, smasher, tap, belt, spigot, knock, work stoppage, hydrant, pat, whang, blame, hit, whack, rap music, hip-hop, water faucet, wiretap, smashpat, rap, tapnoun
the sound made by a gentle blow
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strike, wiretap, tap, belt, spigot, knock, water faucet, hydrant, pat, blame, whang, whack, rap music, hip-hop, dab, water taprapnoun
voluble conversation
Synonyms:
knock, hip-hop, strike, rap music, pat, belt, whack, whang, blame, taprap, rap music, hip-hopnoun
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
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knock, hip-hop, strike, rap music, pat, belt, whack, whang, blame, tapknock, belt, rap, whack, whangverb
the act of hitting vigorously
"he gave the table a whack"
Synonyms:
bang, strike, swath, roast, tap, belt, knock, belted ammunition, pat, belt ammunition, blame, whang, whack, rap music, knocking, bash, hip-hop, smashrap, knapverb
strike sharply
"rap him on the knuckles"
tap, rap, knock, pinkverb
make light, repeated taps on a surface
"he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
Synonyms:
criticise, pick apart, solicit, bump, exploit, wiretap, tip, tap, pink, knock, intercept, bug, beg, tapdance, ping, knap, criticize, strike hardrapverb
perform rap music
rapverb
talk volubly
How to use rap in a sentence?
Trade got a bad rap in the campaign, mexico is extremely important to my farm and to corn farmers in general because they are one of our top consumers of corn. It is very important to have access to the market.
There’s no rap music in jail.
Like everyone else, I’m hugely impressed by how far he’s come as an actor, this was a rap artist from Philly who's now a mammoth star. But he’s always had a tremendous amount of personal magneticsm. Somebody once said on set that he had an Elvis vibe. I’ve never met Elvis, but he certainly has this very attractive quality. He’s a guy you want to spend time with and hear what he has to say. And when you’re a superstar, there’s an impulse to share everything with us. That’s very risky. But it also demonstrates personal freedom that, I think, we all aspire to. But even then, he demonstrated pure talent, humor, skill and inventiveness. He’s pretty irresistible.
We have just barred him from preaching using rap music to allow him time to change his ways.
You're not going to hear me do a rap song, you're not going to hear me do a jazz song. We have to be true to our roots, do what we do, and try to do it a little better each time.
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