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Noun
S:
(n)
blame
,
rap
(a reproach for some lapse or misdeed)
"he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap"
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
rap
,
strike
,
tap
(a gentle blow)
S:
(n)
pat
,
rap
,
tap
(the sound made by a gentle blow)
direct hyponym
/
full hyponym
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(n)
sound
(the sudden occurrence of an audible event)
"the sound awakened them"
S:
(n)
happening
,
occurrence
,
occurrent
,
natural event
(an event that happens)
S:
(n)
event
(something that happens at a given place and time)
S:
(n)
psychological feature
(a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
S:
(n)
abstraction
,
abstract entity
(a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
S:
(n)
entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
derivationally related form
W:
(v)
pat
[Related to:
pat
] (hit lightly)
"pat him on the shoulder"
W:
(v)
tap
[Related to:
tap
] (walk with a tapping sound)
W:
(v)
tap
[Related to:
tap
] (make light, repeated taps on a surface)
"he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
W:
(v)
tap
[Related to:
tap
] (strike lightly)
"He tapped me on the shoulder"
S:
(n)
rap
(voluble conversation)
S:
(n)
rap
,
rap music
,
hip-hop
(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)
S:
(n)
knock
,
belt
,
rap
,
whack
,
whang
(the act of hitting vigorously)
"he gave the table a whack"
Verb
S:
(v)
rap
,
knap
(strike sharply)
"rap him on the knuckles"
S:
(v)
tap
,
rap
,
knock
,
pink
(make light, repeated taps on a surface)
"he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
S:
(v)
rap
(perform rap music)
S:
(v)
rap
(talk volubly)