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rap
Synonyms and Antonyms of rap
1
a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person
2
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, biff, blow, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, douse [British], fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, larrup [dialect], lash, lick, pelt, pick, plump, poke, pound, punch, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, switch, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop (also whap)
counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstroke
body blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercut
cruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KO
bastinado (or bastinade), battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling (or cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing
3
responsibility for wrongdoing or failure
blame, culpability, fault, guilt, onus
rap
Synonyms and Antonyms of rap
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this
backchat, cackle, causerie, chat, chatter, chin music, chin-wag [slang], chitchat, confab, confabulation, gab, gabfest, gossip, jangle, jaw, natter [chiefly British], palaver, patter, schmooze, small talk, table talk, talk, tête-à-tête
rap
Synonyms and Antonyms of rap
the smallest amount or part imaginable
rap
Synonyms and Antonyms of rap
1
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lick, mangle, maul, pelt, pepper, pommel, pummel, rough
bump, butt, jab, jostle, kick, knee, poke, prod, push, shove, stamp
bowl (down or over), cream, deck, dump [slang], fell, floor, knock down, level
cane, club, cudgel, flail, flog, lash, sap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, spear, stab, switch, thrash, whip
hang one on
2
to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically
rap
Synonyms and Antonyms of rap
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
blow smoke, chew the fat (also chew the rag), shoot the breeze, talk a blue streak
rap
Synonyms and Antonyms of rap
1
to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)
knock dead, knock one's socks off
2
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly
take hold (of)
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