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Another word for rap

rap Synonyms

rap

n.

knock, thump, slap; see blow 1.

beat the rap*

avoid punishment, evade, be acquitted; see escape.

bum rap*

unfair sentence, blame, frame*; see injustice 2, punishment.

take the rap*

be punished, suffer, take the blame; see pay for.

rap Synonyms

rap

v.

To tap sharply
knock, strike, whack; see beat 1, 2, hit 1.
*To talk
chat, discuss freely, speak, converse; see discuss, talk 1.

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Another word for rap

verb

To make a noise by striking:
knock, tap¹. See sounds
To criticize for a fault or an offense:
admonish, call down, castigate, chastise, chide, dress down, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tax, upbraid. (Informal) bawl out, lambaste. (Slang) chew out. Idioms: bring (or call) (or take) to task, call on the carpet, haul (or rake) over the coals, let someone have it. See attack, praise
To find fault with:
blame, censure, criticize, fault. (Informal) cut up, pan. (Slang) knock. See praise

phrasal verb rap out

To speak suddenly or sharply, as from surprise or emotion:

blurt (out), burst out, cry (out), ejaculate, exclaim. See words

noun

The sound made by a light blow:
knock, tap¹. See sounds
(Slang)
Words expressive of strong disapproval:
admonishment, admonition, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproof, scolding. See praise
(Slang)
A judicial decision, especially one setting the punishment to be inflicted on a convicted person:
judgment, sentence. See law

noun

(Informal)

The least bit:

hoot, iota, jot, ounce, shred, whit. (Informal) damn. (Slang) diddly. See big

noun

(Slang)

An exchanging of views:

conference, discussion, ventilation. See words

verb

(Slang)

To speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about:

bandy (about), discuss, moot, talk over, thrash out (or over), thresh out (or over), toss around. (Informal) hash (over), kick around, knock about (or around). Idiom: go into a huddle. See words

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It was agreed that one rap should mean "no" and three "yes," while more complicated messages were - and are - obtained in other ways, such as calling over or pointing to letters of the alphabet, when raps occur at the required letters.
I'm converting them from that rip-rap stuff.
A rap on the doors of the bottom two apartments brought no better results than the doorbell.
Thus Xenophanes for the first time postulates a supreme God whose 2 Strictly, pantheism is to identify the universe with God, while the term "pancosmism" (rap, Kovµos, the universe) has frequently been used for the identification of God with the universe.
Atherton had managed to beat the rap, avoiding embarrassing notoriety, but he had despised David Dean from that day forward.

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