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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 voluble conversation a gentle blow talk volubly strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles" perform rap music a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap" the sound made by a gentle blow make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently" the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack" |
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