rapping - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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• (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɹæp.ɪŋ/
• Homophone: wrapping
• Rhymes: -æpɪŋ

rapping

1. present participle and gerund of rap

rapping (countable and uncountable, plural rappings)

1. The sound of a rap or knock.
   During the séance, we heard mysterious rappings on the table.
2. (music) Musical speech accompanied by a rhythm, most commonly as part of hip-hop music.

• table rapping

rapping (comparative more rapping, superlative most rapping)

1. (colloquial, dated) Remarkably large; whopping.

• (large, whopping): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
• parping