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Entry 14 senses · 7 variants Webster, 1913

Rap

/(răp)/ · IPA /ɹæp/
01 n. A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
  1. 1.
    A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
02 v. i. To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door.
imp. & p. p. Rapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Rapping
  1. 1.
    To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door.
03 v. t. To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
  1. 1.
    To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
    “With one great peal they rap the door.” — Prior.
  2. 2.
    To free (a pattern) in a mold by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.(Founding)
04 n. A quick, smart blow; a knock.
  1. 1.
    A quick, smart blow; a knock.
05 v. t. To snatch away; to seize and hurry off.
imp. & p. p. Rapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Rapping
  1. 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. 2.
    To hasten.[Obs.]
  3. 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. 4.
    To exchange; to truck.[Obs. & Low]
  5. 5.
    To engage in a discussion, converse.
  6. 6.
    to perform a type of rhythmic talking, often with accompanying rhythm instruments. It is considered by some as a type of music; see rap music. See: rap music
    “All they could rap and rend and pilfer.” — Hudibras.
    “A judge who rapped out a great oath.” — Addison.
06 n. 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 …
  1. 1.
    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.
Phrases & compounds
Not to care a rap — to care nothing.
Not worth a rap — worth nothing.
07 n. conversation; also, rapping.
  1. 1.
    conversation; also, rapping.
  2. 2.
    a type of rhythmic talking, often with accompanying rhythm instruments; rap music. Also: rap music