What is the meaning of rap?

noun

• A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
  • usage: "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap"
  • synonyms: blame
• A gentle blow.
  • synonyms: strike, tap
• The sound made by a gentle blow.
  • synonyms: pat, tap
• Voluble conversation.
• 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.
  • synonyms: rap music, hip-hop
• The act of hitting vigorously.
  • usage: "he gave the table a whack"
  • synonyms: knock, belt, whack, whang

verb

• Strike sharply.
  • usage: "rap him on the knuckles"
  • synonyms: knap
• Make light, repeated taps on a surface.
  • usage: "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
  • synonyms: tap, knock, pink
• Perform rap music.
• Talk volubly. .