present participle of rap

The sound of a rap or knock. / (music) Musical speech accompanied by a rhythm, most commonly as part of hip-hop music.

(colloquial, dated) Remarkably large; whopping.

plural of rapping

present participle of rap at

(countable) A sharp blow with something hard. / (slang) Blame for something. / (informal) A casual talk. / (music, uncountable) Rap music.

(intransitive) To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock. / (transitive, dated) To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.

A lea or skein of yarn that forms the standard length taken from the reel, 80 yards of worsted or 120 yards of silk or cotton.

(historical) Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value. / A whit; a jot.

(transitive) To seize and carry off. / (transitive) To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture.