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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pat, tap |
| Type of | sound |
| Has types | pitter-patter |
rap::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hip-hop, rap music |
| Type of | african-american music, black music, popular music, popular music genre |
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | conversation |
Examples of rap
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Rock, rap and media personalities will compete at the bowling alley for charity.
From the freep.com
It's not mainstream Britpop music, it feeds into lots like rap, hip-hop, cinema.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
When Edward James Olmos offers him advice, he spits out an incomprehensible rap.
From the abcnews.go.com
Performers can sing, beatbox, rap or play an instrument on their way to stardom.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au
That album to me is still one of the best rap albums from that era of rap music.
From the independent.co.uk
He took the rap and served 20 years in a Tennessee prison for his first offense.
From the news-journalonline.com
It's a smooth, seductive rap, unfolding in much the same way in book after book.
From the time.com
Aren't kids supposed to be tougher now, with all the video games and rap lyrics?
From the time.com
The difference between blues, jazz, rock n'roll and rap is that rap stayed poor.
From the time.com
- Blame: a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap"
- Strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles"
- A gentle blow
- Tap: make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
- Perform rap music
- Talk volubly
- Hip hop music is a musical genre that developed as part of hip hop culture, and is defined by four key stylistic elements: rapping, DJing/scratching, sampling (or synthesis), and beatboxing. Hip hop began in the South Bronx of New York City in the 1970s. ...
- Rap GTP-binding protein also known as Ras-related proteins or simply RAP is a type of small GTPase, similar in structure to Ras.
- Rapping (also known as emceeing,Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. xii. MCing, spitting (bars), or just rhyming),Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 81. ...
