rap

(noun) a reproach for some lapse or misdeed. Synonyms: blame. Examples: "He took the blame for it." "It was a bum rap."

(noun) a gentle blow. Synonyms: strike, tap.

(noun) the sound made by a gentle blow. Synonyms: pat, tap.

(noun) voluble conversation.

(noun) 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.

(noun) the act of hitting vigorously. Synonyms: knock, belt, whack, whang. Examples: "He gave the table a whack."

(verb) strike sharply. Synonyms: knap. Examples: "Rap him on the knuckles."

(verb) make light, repeated taps on a surface. Synonyms: tap, knock, pink. Examples: "He was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently."

(verb) perform rap music.

(verb) talk volubly.