raps
Because it is a word with a single syllable, raps is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofraps
- A sharp blow with something hard.
Example: "The teacher gave the wayward pupil a rap across the knuckles with her ruler."
- Blame for something.
Example: "You can't act irresponsibly and then expect me to take the rap."
- A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.
- A casual talk.
- Rap music.
- A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
- An appraisal.
Example: "a good/great/bad rap"
- A positive appraisal; a recommendation.
Example: "He gave the novel quite a rap."
- To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
- To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
- To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
- To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.
Example: "He rapped a song to his girlfriend."
- To talk casually; to engage in conversation.
- A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
- Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
- A whit; a jot.
Example: "I don't care a rap."
- To seize and carry off.
- To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture.
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