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Another word for rap

Verb

  1. To make a noise by striking

    2. See also:

    sounds

  2. To criticize for a fault or an offense

    3. Idioms:
    See also:

    praise

    attack

  3. To find fault with

    4. See also:

    praise

  4. To speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about

    5. Idioms:
    See also:

    words

Another word for rap

Noun

  1. The sound made by a light blow

    2. See also:

    sounds

  2. Words expressive of strong disapproval

    3. See also:

    praise

  3. A judicial decision, especially one setting the punishment to be inflicted on a convicted person

    4. See also:

    law

  4. The least bit

    5. See also:

    big

  5. An exchanging of views

    6. See also:

    words

Idioms:

    rap out

  1. To speak suddenly or sharply, as from surprise or emotion

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Another word for rap

Noun
    2. See also:

    blow

Another word for rap

Verb

  1. To tap sharply

    2. See also:

    hit

    beat

  2. *To talk

    3. See also:

    talk

    discuss

Idioms:

    beat-the-rap

    2. bum-rap

    3. take-the-rap

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Sentence Examples

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • PLR, Posterior lateral rod or RAP, Right anterior process.

  • ap, Anterior lateral process (same as RAP and LAP in fig.

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