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Pronunciation

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Verb

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rapping

  1. present participle and gerund of rap

Noun

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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.

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Adjective

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rapping (comparative more rapping, superlative most rapping)

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

References

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

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