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rapped

rapped is the simple past and past participle of rap.

Meaning of rap

Verb

rap (third-person singular simple present raps, present participle rapping, simple past and past participle rapped)

  1. (intransitive) To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
    • While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, / As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.1845 February, — Quarles [pseudonym; Edgar Allan Poe], “The Raven”, in The American Review, volume I, number II, New York, N.Y.; London: Wiley & Putnam, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    knock, noogie
  2. (dated, transitive) To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
    • With one great peal they rap the door.1717, Matthew Prior, The Dove
  3. To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
  4. To utter quickly and sharply.
    • The sergeant rapped out a word of command to the troops.
  5. (ambitransitive) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.
    • He started to rap after listening to Tupac.
  6. (informal, intransitive) To talk casually; to engage in conversation.
    • Three languages rapped, fumbled or rumblingly oozed all the while.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 129

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Phrases with rapped

Questions about rapped

What is rapped the simple past and past participle of?
Rapped is the simple past and past participle of rap.

Words near rapped in the dictionary

  1. Rappaports
  2. rapparee
  3. rapparees
  4. rappas
  5. Rappe
  6. rapped
  7. rapped at
  8. rapped back
  9. rapped down
  10. rapped someone's knuckles
  11. rappee

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