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rap - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: rap
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hit quickly and lightly
Synonyms: beat, blow, conk, crack, knock, lick, pat, strike, swat, swipe, tap, whack
Notes: hip-hop is a culture and rap is a style of music that is one of the components of hip-hop; hip-hop music is not the same as rap - it is a fusion of rapping and deejaying
hip-hop is rap, but not all rap is hip-hop; hip-hop has a particular beat and uses scratching and breaks/samples
rap (noun) is a reproach for some lapse or misdeed - (verb) strike sharply and swiftly; a wrap (noun) is a cloak that is folded around a person - (verb) arrange or fold as a cover or protection
to wrap is to enclose in a covering; to rap is to knock or tap on something, or create a rhythmic type of music
Main Entry: rap
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: conversation
Synonyms: chat, chin*, colloquy, conference, deliberation, dialogue, discourse, discussion, prose, talk, ventilation, yarn, causerie, confabulation
Antonyms: silence
Main Entry: rap
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: talk casually; speak abruptly
Synonyms: babble, bark, chat, chatter, chitchat, converse, discourse, jabber, palaver, spit, talk, confabulate, run off at the mouth
Main Entry: rap
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: blame; criticism
Synonyms: admonition, censure, flak, knock, pan*, punishment, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproof, responsibility, sentence, swipe, admonishment, chiding
Antonyms: approval, flattery, praise
Main Entry: rap
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: criticize
Synonyms: blame, castigate, censure, condemn, denounce, knock*, pan*, reprehend, reprimand, reprobate, scold, skin, denunciate, tick off*
Antonyms: praise
Main Entry: admonish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: warn, strongly criticize
Synonyms: advise, berate, call down, call on the carpet, censure, check, chide, come down hard on, counsel, ding*, draw the line*, enjoin, exhort, forewarn, give a going over, give a piece of one's mind, glue*, growl*, hoist*, jack up, notice, rap on knuckles, rap*, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, scold, sit on, slap on wrist, speak to, talk to, tell a thing or two, tell off*, upbraid, warn
Antonyms: applaud, approve, commend, compliment, extol, flatter, laud, praise
Main Entry: aspersion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: verbal exhibition of bad temper
Synonyms: abuse, animadversion, backbiting, black eye*, calumny, defamation, detraction, hit*, invective, knock*, libel, obloquy, put-down*, rap*, slam*, slander, smear*, vituperation, backhanded compliment, dirty dig
Antonyms: calmness, happiness, kindness, mildness
Main Entry: bad-mouth
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: to denigrate
Synonyms: belittle, criticize, disparage, knock*, malign, pan, put down*, rap, rip, roast*, run down*, slam, slander, tear down*, cut down to size, dis, dump on, find fault, mudsling, pooh pooh, take a dig at, take down a peg, tear to pieces
Main Entry: bat
Part of Speech: noun, verb
Definition: a hit with a solid object
Synonyms: bang, belt, blow, crack, knock, rap, slam, smack, sock, strike, swat, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, bop, whop
Main Entry: blame
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: accuse; place responsibility
Synonyms: admonish, ascribe, attribute, blast, blow the whistle on, censure, charge, chide, climb all over, condemn, criticize, denounce, denunciate, disapprove, express disapprobation, find fault with, finger*, frame, hold responsible, impute, indict, jump all over, jump down one's throat, knock*, lay a bad trip on, lay at one's door, lay to, let one have it, lower the boom, pass the buck*, point the finger, rap, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, roast*, saddle, skin*, stick it to, tax, upbraid
Antonyms: applaud, commend, exalt, exculpate, exonerate, praise, thank
Main Entry: buffet
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hit repeatedly
Synonyms: bang, batter, beat, blow, box, bump, clobber, cuff, flail, jolt, knock, pound, pummel, push, rap, shove, slap, smack, spank, strike, thrash, thump, wallop
Main Entry: chat
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: talk, often short
Synonyms: babble, bull session, chatter, conversation, converse, gab*, gas*, gossip, hot air*, jabber*, palaver, prattle*, rap*, tête-à-tête, visit, yak*, heart-to-heart, rap session
Antonyms: quiet, silence
Main Entry: clout
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hit
Synonyms: blow, box, clip, clobber, cuff, rap, slap, smack, sock, strike, thump, wallop, whack
Main Entry: collision
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: accident
Synonyms: blow, bump, butt, concussion, contact, crash, destruction, dilapidation, encounter, fender bender*, hit, impact, jar, jolt, knock, percussion, pileup*, rap, ruin, shock, slam, smash, strike, thud, thump, wreck, demolishment, head-on, sideswipe
Main Entry: colloquy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: conversation, debate
Synonyms: chat, chitchat, conference, converse, dialogue, discourse, discussion, flap*, huddle*, palaver, parley, powwow*, rap*, seminar, talk, buzz session, chinfest, clambake, colloquium, confab, confabulation, gab fest, gam, groupthink, rap session, talkfest
Main Entry: converse
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: talk
Synonyms: chat, chitchat*, commune, confer, discourse, exchange, gab*, parley, rap*, speak, use, yak*, chew the fat, schmooze
Antonyms: be quiet, be silent
Main Entry: convict
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: find guilty
Synonyms: adjudge, bring to justice, condemn, doom, frame, imprison, put away, rap*, sentence, attaint, declare guilty, pass sentence on, pronounce guilty, put the screws to, send up the river, send up*, throw the book at
Antonyms: exonerate, free, liberate, release
Main Entry: critique
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: analysis, essay
Synonyms: appraisal, assessment, comment, commentary, criticism, editorial, examination, exposition, flak*, judgment, notice, pan*, rap*, rave*, review, slam*, slap*, study, write-up, putdown, reviewal, takedown, zapper
Antonyms: compliment, praise
Main Entry: cuff
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: beating with hands
Synonyms: belt, box, buffet, chop, clip, clout, hit, knock, poke, punch, rap, slap, smack, sock, thump, wallop, whack, biff
Main Entry: decree
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mandate, legal order
Synonyms: act, announcement, behest, bidding, charge, command, commandment, declaration, dictum, direction, directive, edict, enactment, injunction, instruction, judgment, law, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, pronouncement, rap*, regulation, rule, ruling, say, statute, charging, decretum, promulgation, the riot act, the word, ukase
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