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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RAP, v.i. [L. rapio, rapidus, rapid.]
To strike with a quick sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door.
RAP, v.t. To strike with a quick blow; to knock.
with one great peal they rap the door.
To rap out, to utter with sudden violence; as, to rap out an oath. [In the popular language of the United States, it is often pronounced rip, to rip out an oath; L. crepo.]
RAP, v.t.
1. 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.
I'm rapt with joy to see my Marcia's tears.
Rapt into future times the bar begun.
2. To snatch or hurry away.
And rapt with whirling wheels.
Rapt in a chariot drawn by fiery steeds.
3. To seize by violence.
4. To exchange; to truck. [Low and not used.]
To rap and rend, to seize and tear or strip; to fall on and plunder; to snatch by violence. They brought off all they could rap and rend. [See Rend.]
RAP, n. a quick smart blow; as a rap on the knuckles.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap" [syn: blame, rap]
2: a gentle blow [syn: rap, strike, tap]
3: the sound made by a gentle blow [syn: pat, rap, tap]
4: voluble conversation
5: 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 [syn: rap, rap music, hip-hop]
6: the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack" [syn: knock, belt, rap, whack, whang] v
1: strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles" [syn: rap, knap]
2: make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently" [syn: tap, rap, knock, pink]
3: perform rap music
4: talk volubly

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English rappe Date: 14th century 1. a sharp blow or knock 2. a. a sharp rebuke or criticism b. a negative and often undeserved reputation or charge — often used with bum or bad <given a bum rap by the press> 3. a. the responsibility for or adverse consequences of an action <refused to take the rap> b. a criminal charge c. a prison sentence II. verb (rapped; rapping) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to strike with a sharp blow 2. to utter suddenly and forcibly 3. to cause to be or come by raps <rap the meeting to order> 4. to criticize sharply intransitive verb 1. to strike a quick sharp blow 2. to make a short sharp sound III. transitive verb (rapped; also rapt; rapping) Etymology: back-formation from rapt Date: 1599 1. to snatch away or upward 2. enrapture IV. noun Etymology: perhaps from ¹rap Date: 1834 a minimum amount or degree (as of care or consideration) ; the least bit <doesn't care a rap> V. intransitive verb (rapped; rapping) Etymology: perhaps from ¹rap Date: 1929 1. to talk freely and frankly 2. to perform rap music VI. noun Date: 1967 1. talk, conversation; also a line of talk ; patter 2. a. a rhythmic chanting often in unison of usually rhymed couplets to a musical accompaniment b. a piece so performed

Britannica Concise

Musical style in which rhymed verse is chanted ("rapped") to a musical accompaniment, whose primary element is usually beats. Rap, which first appeared in black and Latino neighborhoods in New York City, came to national prominence with the Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" (1979), which featured light verse rhymed over the bass and beats of Chic's disco hit "Good Times." In the early 1980s the breakdance fad fueled rap's growth; stars of the decade included Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Run-DMC, LL Cool J, and Public Enemy. The late 1980s saw the advent of "gangsta rap," with misogynistic lyrics glamorizing violence and drug dealing; the trend seemed to culminate in 1996-97 with the slayings of rappers Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. More recent stars have included Master P and Sean "Puffy" Combs. Having gained a huge white audience, rap has continued to thrive and evolve.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 a smart slight blow. 2 a knock, a sharp tapping sound. 3 sl. blame, censure, or punishment. 4 sl. a conversation. 5 a a rhyming monologue recited rhythmically to prerecorded music. b (in full rap music) a style of rock music with a pronounced beat and words recited rather than sung. --v. (rapped, rapping) 1 tr. strike smartly. 2 intr. knock; make a sharp tapping sound (rapped on the table). 3 tr. criticize adversely. 4 intr. sl. talk. Phrases and idioms: beat the rap US escape punishment. rap on (or over) the knuckles a reprimand or reproof. rap out 1 utter (an oath, order, pun, etc.) abruptly or on the spur of the moment. 2 Spiritualism express (a message or word) by raps. take the rap suffer the consequences. Derivatives: rapper n. Etymology: ME, prob. imit. 2. n. a small amount, the least bit (don't care a rap). Etymology: Ir. ropaire Irish counterfeit coin

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rap Rap, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn. --Knight.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rap Rap, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Rapping.] [Akin to Sw. rappa to strike, rapp stroke, Dan. rap, perhaps of imitative origin.] To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rap Rap, v. t. 1. To strike with a quick blow; to knock on. With one great peal they rap the door. --Prior. 2. (Founding) To free (a pattern) in a mold by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rap Rap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rapped, usually written Rapt; p. pr. & vb. n. Rapping.] [OE. rapen; akin to LG. & D. rapen to snatch, G. raffen, Sw. rappa; cf. Dan. rappe sig to make haste, and Icel. hrapa to fall, to rush, hurry. The word has been confused with L. rapere to seize. Cf. Rape robbery, Rapture, Raff, v., Ramp, v.] 1. To snatch away; to seize and hurry off. And through the Greeks and Ilians they rapt The whirring chariot. --Chapman. From Oxford I was rapt by my nephew, Sir Edmund Bacon, to Redgrove. --Sir H. Wotton. 2. To hasten. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. 3. 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. I'm rapt with joy to see my Marcia's tears. --Addison. Rapt into future times, the bard begun. --Pope. 4. To exchange; to truck. [Obs. & Law] To rap and ren, To rap and rend. [Perhaps fr. Icel. hrapa to hurry and r[ae]na plunder, fr. r[=a]n plunder, E. ran.] To seize and plunder; to snatch by violence. --Dryden. ``[Ye] waste all that ye may rape and renne.'' --Chaucer. All they could rap and rend pilfer. --Hudibras. To rap out, to utter with sudden violence, as an oath. A judge who rapped out a great oath. --Addison.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rap Rap, n. A quick, smart blow; a knock.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rap Rap, n. [Perhaps contr. fr. raparee.] 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. Many counterfeits passed about under the name of raps. --Swift. Tie it [her money] up so tight that you can't touch a rap, save with her consent. --Mrs. Alexander.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(raps, rapping, rapped) 1. Rap is a type of music in which the words are not sung but are spoken in a rapid, rhythmic way. Her favorite music was by Run DMC, a rap group. N-UNCOUNT: oft N n 2. Someone who raps performs rap music. ...the unexpected pleasure of hearing the Kids not only rap but even sing... VERB: V 3. A rap is a piece of music performed in rap style, or the words that are used in it. Every member contributes to the rap, singing either solo or as part of a rap chorus. N-COUNT 4. If you rap on something or rap it, you hit it with a series of quick blows. Mary Ann turned and rapped on Simon's door. ...rapping the glass with the knuckles of his right hand... A guard raps his stick on a metal hand rail. VERB: V on n, V n, V n on n • Rap is also a noun. There was a sharp rap on the door. N-COUNT: usu N on n 5. A rap is a statement in a court of law that someone has committed a particular crime, or the punishment for committing it. (AM INFORMAL) You'll be facing a Federal rap for aiding and abetting an escaped convict. N-COUNT: oft adj N for n/-ing 6. A rap is an act of criticizing or blaming someone. (JOURNALISM) FA chiefs could still face a rap and a possible fine... N-COUNT: usu sing 7. If you rap someone for something, you criticize or blame them for it. (JOURNALISM) Water industry chiefs were rapped yesterday for failing their customers... VERB: V n for/over n 8. The rap about someone or something is their reputation, often a bad reputation which they do not deserve. (AM INFORMAL) The rap on this guy is that he doesn't really care... N-SING: usu with supp 9. If someone in authority raps your knuckles or raps you on the knuckles, they criticize you or blame you for doing something they think is wrong. (JOURNALISM) I joined the workers on strike and was rapped over the knuckles... PHRASE: V inflects 10. If someone in authority gives you a rap on the knuckles, they criticize you or blame you for doing something they think is wrong. (JOURNALISM) The remark earned him a rap on the knuckles... PHRASE: PHR after v 11. If you take the rap, you are blamed or punished for something, especially something that is not your fault or for which other people are equally guilty. (INFORMAL) When the client was murdered, his wife took the rap, but did she really do it? PHRASE: V inflects

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Knock, stroke, pat, thump, thwack, smart blow. II. v. a. Strike (suddenly), knock.

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	RAP
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	AGL
FAA District	BIS
State	SD
State	SOUTH DAKOTA
County	PENNINGTON
County State	SD
City Name	RAPID CITY
Full Name	RAPID CITY REGIONAL
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"RAPID CITY, SD 57701-8706"
Elevation	3204
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	CHEYENNE
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	08
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	SE
Airport Certification Type and Date	I BS 05/1973
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGY
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	N
Joint Use	Y
Military Landing Rights	Y
Control Tower	Y
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	080
Based Multi-engine general aviation aircraft	025
Based Jet engine general aviation aircraft	004
Based Helicopters	003
Based Military Aircraft	010
Commercial Services	003400
Air Taxi	015167
General Aviation, Local Operations	013451
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	026359
Military Aircraft Operations	005198
Latitude	44.0453333333
Longitude	-103.0573611111
State FIPS code	46
State Postal Code	SD
Total domestic enplanements (inbound plus outbound)	240703
Version	09

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