- blame, rap - a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap"
--1 is a kind of reproach
- rap, strike, tap - a gentle blow
--2 is a kind of bump, blow
Derived forms: verb rap2, verb rap1 - pat, rap, tap - the sound made by a gentle blow
--3 is a kind of sound
--3 has particulars: pitter-patter - rap - voluble conversation
--4 is a kind of conversation
Derived form: verb rap4 - rap, rap music, hip-hop - 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
--5 is a kind of popular music, popular music genre; black music, African-American music
Derived form: verb rap3 - knock, belt, rap, whack, whang - the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"
--6 is a kind of blow
Derived form: verb rap1
- rap, knap - strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles"
--1 is one way to strike
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun rap6, noun rap2
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
- tap, rap, knock, pink - make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
--2 is one way to sound, go
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun rap2
Something ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- rap - perform rap music
--3 is one way to perform
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun rap5
Somebody ----s
- rap - talk volubly
--4 is one way to talk, speak
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun rap4
Sam and Sue rap