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n. Informal The least bit: I don't give a rap about office politics. I don't care a rap what you do. [From obsolete rap, 18th-century Irish counterfeit halfpenny, from Irish Gaelic, alteration (possibly influenced by rap, piece, bit) of ropaire, cutthroat; see RAPPAREE.] |
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n. 1. Slang A talk, conversation, or discussion. 2. a. A form of popular music developed especially in African American urban communities and characterized by spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics with a strong rhythmic accompaniment. b. A composition or performance of such music. v. rapped, rap·ping, raps v. intr. 1. Slang To discuss something freely and at length. 2. To perform rap music. v. tr. To perform as rap music: lyrics that were rapped; rapped the chorus of the song. [Possibly from RAP1.] |
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