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A sharp blow with something hard.

Example: The teacher gave the wayward pupil a rap across the knuckles with her ruler.

Blame for something.

Example: You can't act irresponsibly and then expect me to take the rap.

A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.

A casual talk.

To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.

To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.

To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.

To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.

Example: He rapped a song to his girlfriend.

A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

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.

Example: I don't care a rap.

To seize and carry off.

To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture.