rap
verb (HIT) /ræp/ (-pp-)Definition
› [I or T] to hit or say something suddenly and forcefully: She rapped (on) the table to get everyone's attention. The colonel rapped (out) an order to his men.Ways of talkingHitting and beatingPunishing by causing pain › [T] to criticize someone, especially officially: The headline read 'Judge raps police'.Chastising and rebuking
(Definition of rap verb (HIT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -bashing suffix (HIT)
- a bunch of fives idiom
- a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
- battered adjective (HIT)
- battering noun
- butt verb
- deck verb (HIT)
- hammer verb (HIT WITH FORCE)
- head-butt verb
- kick noun (HIT)
- kick verb
- knock sb's block off idiom
- licking noun (PUNISHMENT)
- pound verb
- swing noun (SIDEWAYS MOVEMENT)
- swipe verb (HIT)
- thump noun
- thump verb
- whack noun (HIT)
- whack verb
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