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as in slapped
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
a childhood memory of the time he got his knuckles rapped for trying to steal candy from the corner store
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as in tapped
to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically
the impatient man was rapping his knuckles on the door, hoping to wake up the sleeping attendant
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as in chatted
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
the guys at the gym never seem to tire about rapping about basketball
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as in transported
to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)
concertgoers were utterly rapped by the power of Handel's oratorio
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as in grabbed
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly
suddenly the hawk swooped down and rapped the unwary rodent
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Recent Examples of rapped
Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
For nearly two hours, people danced, sang, rapped, and smiled in awe as panties were occasionally thrown during a sensual section of the show dedicated to the ladies.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 22 Dec. 2025
Hip-Hop In the late nineties, the brothers Terrence and Gene Thornton, who rapped as Pusha T and Malice, surfaced from Virginia Beach as the coke-rap auteurs Clipse, under the stewardship of the Neptunes production team.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
Has Timothée Chalamet rapped before?
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
To make the album appeal to audiences everywhere, Syndrome is almost entirely sung and rapped in English.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 26 Nov. 2025
The Jays rapped out 18 hits, roughing up Seattle starter George Kirby for eight runs in four innings.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Their fortitude resulted in a thoughtful, lyrically dense project that ‘Nandez likens to a collection of personal and political anecdotes rapped on production that Preservation built around ‘Nandez baritone vocal tone.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
To give some perspective, when Jay-Z rapped those lyrics in 2017, Sylvester hadn’t yet released a shoe with Jordan.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Vance loudly rapped his fist on the conference table in support.
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“Rapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapped. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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