· a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap"
Synonym(s): blame
Hypernym(s): reproach
· a gentle blow
· the sound made by a gentle blow
Hypernym(s): sound
· voluble conversation
Hypernym(s): conversation
· 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
Synonym(s): rap_music, hip-hop
Hypernym(s): popular_music, popular_music_genre, black_music, African-American_music
· the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"
Synonym(s): knock, belt, whack, whang
Hypernym(s): blow
· strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles"
Synonym(s): knap
Hypernym(s): strike
· make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
· perform rap music
Hypernym(s): perform
· talk volubly