n. | 1. | A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn. |
v. i. | 1. | To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door. |
v. t. | 1. | To strike with a quick blow; to knock on. |
| 2. | (Founding) To free (a pattern) in a mold by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal. |
n. | 1. | A quick, smart blow; a knock. |
v. t. | 1. | To snatch away; to seize and hurry off. |
| 2. | To hasten. |
| 3. | To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or rapture; as, rapt into admiration. |
| 4. | To exchange; to truck. |
| 5. | To engage in a discussion, converse. |
| 6. | to perform a type of rhythmic talking, often with accompanying rhythm instruments. It is considered by some as a type of music; see rap music. |
n. | 1. | A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value. |
| 1. | conversation; also, rapping. |
| 2. | a type of rhythmic talking, often with accompanying rhythm instruments; rap music. |