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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : rap-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈræp ɪŋ |
Definition of rapping
Origin :- c.1400, verbal noun from rap (v.1). Meaning "talking" is from 1969; meaning "rap music performance" is from 1979, from rap (v.2).
- verb talk casually; speak abruptly
- verb criticize
- It was this moment that Letitia chose for rapping at the door.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- I cried, rapping on the table; "the lady from England has the floor."
- Extract from : « In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories » by Robert Barr
- She cured me of it by rapping my knuckles with the handle of a silver-plated knife.
- Extract from : « The Plunderer » by Roy Norton
- The rapping was repeated; this time with a much greater insistence.
- Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson
- No sound is heard in the forest but the rapping on the trees.
- Extract from : « Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children » by Mabel Powers
- Wondering what it might mean, I was for rapping on the door with my hilt.
- Extract from : « In Kings' Byways » by Stanley J. Weyman
- "For three months at least," I repeated, rapping sharply on the table.
- Extract from : « Two Sides of the Face » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- Nothing happened, and thrice he repeated the rapping with like negative results.
- Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer
- The rapping sounded muffled and dim in that sound-proof place.
- Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer
- She was shown to his room, and rapping at the door, was asked to 'walk in.'
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 » by Various
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