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outrap

outrap verb: to surpass in rapping (speaking lyrics in rap music); to rap better than.

Verb

outrap (third-person singular simple present outraps, present participle outrapping, simple past and past participle outrapped)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in rapping (speaking lyrics in rap music); to rap better than.
    • And on “The Jay Leno Show” his performance of “Run This Town” was swallowed whole by Mr. West, who outrapped him and outemoted him all at once.2009 September 17, Jon Caramanica, “The Anxiety of Being Influential”, in New York Times

Forms of outrap

third-person singular presentoutraps
present participleoutrapping
past participleoutrapped
pastoutrapped

Origin of outrap

From out- + rap.

Questions about outrap

What does outrap mean?
Outrap means to surpass in rapping (speaking lyrics in rap music); to rap better than.
What part of speech is outrap?
Outrap is a verb.
What is the past tense of outrap?
The past tense of outrap is outrapped.

Words near outrap in the dictionary

  1. outranks
  2. outrant
  3. outranted
  4. outranting
  5. outrants
  6. outrap
  7. outrapped
  8. outrapping
  9. outraps
  10. outrate
  11. outrated

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