rap

NOUNVERB /ræp/
3 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH R

rap is a valid 3-letter word worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
R1A1P3
1 + 1 + 3 =5 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 10TRIPLE WORD → 15
MEANING

What does rap mean?

NOUN · 6 SENSES
1

The act of hitting vigorously.

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2

Voluble conversation.

3

A gentle blow.

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4

The sound made by a gentle blow.

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5

A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.

“it was a bum rap”

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6

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.

VERB · 4 SENSES
1

Make light, repeated taps on a surface.

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2

Strike sharply.

“rap him on the knuckles”

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3

Perform rap music.

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4

Talk volubly.

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AT THE BOARD

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