rap

/ræp/ noun

Definition

MUSIC [U] › a type of music in which the words are spoken and there is a strong beat: a rap artist

SOUND [C] › a sudden, short sound made when someone or something hits a hard surface: There was a rap on the window.

(Definition of rap noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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