rapping

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɹæp.ɪŋ/
  • Homophone: wrapping
  • Rhymes: -æpɪŋ

Verb

rapping

  1. present participle and gerund of rap

Noun

rapping (countable and uncountable, plural rappings)

  1. The sound of a rap or knock.
    During the séance, we heard mysterious rappings on the table.
  2. (music) Musical speech accompanied by a rhythm, most commonly as part of hip-hop music.

Derived terms

Adjective

rapping (comparative more rapping, superlative most rapping)

  1. (colloquial, dated) Remarkably large; whopping.

References
  • (large, whopping): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

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