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rap

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of rap

1 a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person

  • the headlines in the paper today are all about the mayor facing an embezzlement rap
Synonyms of rap

charge, complaint, count, indictment
Words Related to rap

accusation, allegation, plea

crimination

counteraccusation, countercharge

arraignment, impeachment

implication, imputation, innuendo, insinuation

censure, condemnation, denunciation

incrimination, recrimination

2 a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

  • the doctor used a little hammer to give me a rap on the knee to test my reflexes
Synonyms of rap

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)
Words Related to rap

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

flogging, walloping, whip, whipping

3 responsibility for wrongdoing or failure

  • would sooner take the rap for the missing money than tell on his friend
Synonyms of rap

blame, culpability, fault, guilt, onus
Words Related to rap

blameworthiness, complicity, guiltiness, sinfulness

accusation, censure, condemnation, denunciation, finger-pointing, reproach

regret, remorse, self-reproach, shame
Antonyms of rap

blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, innocence

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rap

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of rap

friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this

  • after our pickup softball game, I had a friendly rap with a couple of the guys in the park
Synonyms of rap

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
Words Related to rap

colloquy, conference, discourse, parley, powwow, symposium

debate, dialogue (also dialog), exchange, give-and-take

crosstalk, happy talk

yak (also yack), yammer, yap

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rap

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of rap

the smallest amount or part imaginable

  • I donʼt care a rap about losing that old jacket
Synonyms of rap

beans, bubkes (also bupkes), continental, damn, darn (also durn), diddly [slang], diddly-squat [slang], doodley-squat (or doodly-squat), fig, ghost, hoot, iota, jot, lick, modicum, squat [slang], syllable, tittle, whit, whoop
Words Related to rap

ace, bit, crumb, dab, driblet, glimmer, hint, little, mite, nip, ounce, particle, peanuts, pin, ray, scrap, scruple, semblance, shade, shadow, shred, skosh, smidgen (also smidgeon), snap, speck, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, touch, trace

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rap

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of rap

1 to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

  • a childhood memory of the time he got his knuckles rapped for trying to steal candy from the corner store
Synonyms of rap

bang, bash, bat, belt, biff, bludgeon, bob, bonk, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clock, clout, crack, hammer, hit, knock, nail, paste, pound, punch, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, swipe, tag, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale, zap
Words Related to rap

batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lick, mangle, maul, pelt, pepper, pommel, pummel, rough

scuff

bunt, flick, stroke, tap

bump, butt, jab, jostle, kick, knee, poke, prod, push, shove, stamp

bowl (down or over), cream, deck, dump [slang], fell, floor, knock down, level

rabbit-punch, sucker punch

cane, club, cudgel, flail, flog, lash, sap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, spear, stab, switch, thrash, whip

bean, brain, conk, skull
Phrases Synonymous with rap

hang one on

2 to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically

  • the impatient man was rapping his knuckles on the door, hoping to wake up the sleeping attendant
Synonyms of rap

beat, drum, tap
Words Related to rap

bang, bash, bat, bonk, bop, hammer, hit, knock, paste, pound, slam, smack, sock, strike, swat, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, whack

chink, clatter, clink, ping

pat, pit-a-pat, pitter-patter

chuck, clap, click, flick, tip

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rap

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of rap

to engage in casual or rambling conversation

  • the guys at the gym never seem to tire about rapping about basketball
Synonyms of rap

babble, blab, cackle, chaffer [British], chat, chatter, chin [slang], converse, gab, gabble, gas, jabber, jaw, kibitz (also kibbitz), natter, palaver, patter, prate, prattle, rattle, run on, schmooze (or shmooze), talk, twitter, visit
Words Related to rap

gossip, tattle

descant, discuss, expatiate

yak (also yack), yammer, yap
Phrases Synonymous with rap

blow smoke, chew the fat (also chew the rag), shoot the breeze, talk a blue streak

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rap

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of rap

1 to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)

  • concertgoers were utterly rapped by the power of Handel's oratorio
Synonyms of rap

carry away, enrapture, enthrall (or enthral), entrance, rapture, ravish, transport
Words Related to rap

delight, gladden, gratify, please, satisfy

bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, fascinate

elate, excite, exhilarate, stir
Phrases Synonymous with rap

knock dead, knock one's socks off

2 to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly

  • suddenly the hawk swooped down and rapped the unwary rodent
Synonyms of rap

bag, capture, catch, collar, cop [slang], corral, get, glom, grab, grapple, hook, land, nab, nail, net, nobble [British slang], seize, snag, snap (up), snare, snatch, trap
Words Related to rap

glove, halter, lasso, rope

apprehend, arrest, detain

bay, corner

clasp, clutch, fasten (on), fist, grasp, grip, hold, latch (on or onto), secure

rend, wrest

enmesh (also immesh), ensnare, entangle, entrap, mesh

abduct, kidnap, spirit (away or off)
Phrases Synonymous with rap

take hold (of)
Near Antonyms of rap

discharge, free, liberate, release

drop, loosen, unhand
Antonyms of rap

miss

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