plural of proto-rap

A rapping noise made, purportedly by spirits of the dead, on the table at which a seance is held.

plural of table rapping

(law) An illegal act of sexual intercourse by an adult with a person under the legal age of consent for sex, or with another adult who is not able to consent because of intellectual disability.

(now rare) The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder. / (now archaic) The abduction of a woman, especially for sexual purposes.

(transitive, intransitive) To seize by force. (Now often with overtones of later senses.) / (transitive) To carry (someone, especially a woman) off against their will, especially for sex; to abduct.

(now historical) One of the six former administrative divisions of Sussex, England.

(obsolete, intransitive or reflexive) To make haste; to hasten or hurry.

(obsolete) Haste; precipitancy; a precipitate course.

(obsolete) Quickly; hastily.