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Noun rap has 6 senses

blame, rap - a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap"
--₁ is a kind of reproach
rap, strike, tap - a gentle blow
--₂ is a kind of bump, blow

Derived forms: verb rap₂, verb rap₁
pat, rap, tap - the sound made by a gentle blow
--₃ is a kind of sound
--₃ has particulars: pitter-patter
rap - voluble conversation
--₄ is a kind of conversation

Derived form: verb rap₄
rap, rap music, hip-hop - 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
--₅ is a kind of popular music, popular music genre; black music, African-American music

Derived form: verb rap₃
knock, belt, rap, whack, whang - the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"
--₆ is a kind of blow

Derived form: verb rap₁

Verb rap has 4 senses

rap, knap - strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles"
--₁ is one way to strike

Derived forms: noun rap₆, noun rap₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
tap, rap, knock, pink - make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
--₂ is one way to sound, go

Derived form: noun rap₂
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s PP
rap - perform rap music
--₃ is one way to perform

Derived form: noun rap₅
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
rap - talk volubly
--₄ is one way to talk, speak

Derived form: noun rap₄
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue rap