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rap
Synonyms and Antonyms of rap
- The headlines in the paper today are all about the mayor facing an embezzlement rap.
- The doctor used a little hammer to give me a rap on the knee to test my reflexes.
bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, blow, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, lash, lick, pelt, 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
battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling (or cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing
- He would sooner take the rap for the missing money than tell on his friend.
blame, culpability, fault, guilt, onus
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Synonyms and Antonyms of rap
- After our pickup softball game, I had a friendly rap with a couple of the guys in the park.
backchat, cackle, chat, chatter, chitchat, confab, confabulation, gab, gabfest, gossip, jangle, jaw, palaver, patter, schmooze, small talk, table talk, talk, tête-à-tête
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Synonyms and Antonyms of rap
- I don't care a rap about losing that old jacket
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Synonyms and Antonyms of rap
- a childhood memory of the time he got his knuckles rapped for trying to steal candy from the corner store
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, fell, floor, knock down, level
cane, club, cudgel, flail, flog, lash, sap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, spear, stab, switch, thrash, whip
hang one on
- The impatient man was rapping his knuckles on the door, hoping to wake up the sleeping attendant.
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Synonyms and Antonyms of rap
- The guys at the gym never seem to tire of rapping about basketball.
blow smoke, chew the fat (also chew the rag), shoot the breeze, talk a blue streak
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Synonyms and Antonyms of rap
- Concertgoers were utterly rapped by the power of Handel's oratorio.
knock dead, knock one's socks off
- Suddenly the hawk swooped down and rapped the unwary rodent.
take hold (of)
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