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Meaning of "rapping" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RAPPING

rapping  [ˈræpɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAPPING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rapping is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RAPPING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rapping

Rapping is "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The components of rapping include "content", "flow", and "delivery". Rapping is distinct from spoken word poetry in that it is performed in time to a beat. Rapping is often associated with and a primary ingredient of hip hop music, but the origins of the phenomenon can be said to predate hip hop culture by centuries. It can also be found in alternative rock such as that of Cake and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Rapping is also used in Kwaito music, a genre that originated in Johannesburg, South Africa and is composed of hip hop elements. Since the early 21st century, it has been possible to hear rap in every major language of the world. Rapping can be delivered over a beat or without accompaniment. Stylistically, rap occupies a gray area between speech, prose, poetry, and singing. The word as used to describe quick speech or repartee predates the musical form. The word had been used in British English since the 16th century, and specifically meaning "to say" since the 18th.

Definition of rapping in the English dictionary

The definition of rapping in the dictionary is the sound or action of striking something. Other definition of rapping is performing rap music.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RAPPING


capping
ˈkæpɪŋ
clapping
ˈklæpɪŋ
flapping
ˈflæpɪŋ
giftwrapping
ˈɡɪftræpɪŋ
happing
ˈhæpɪŋ
inwrapping
ɪnˈræpɪŋ
kidnaping
ˈkɪdˌnæpɪŋ
kidnapping
ˈkɪdnæpɪŋ
lapping
ˈlæpɪŋ
livetrapping
ˈlaɪvˌtræpɪŋ
mapping
ˈmæpɪŋ
mousetrapping
ˈmaʊsˌtræpɪŋ
overlapping
ˈəʊvəˌlæpɪŋ
scrapping
ˈskræpɪŋ
shrink-wrapping
ˈʃrɪŋkˌræpɪŋ
strapping
ˈstræpɪŋ
tapping
ˈtæpɪŋ
understrapping
ˈʌndəˌstræpɪŋ
unwrapping
ʌnˈræpɪŋ
wrapping
ˈræpɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAPPING

raploch
rapparee
rappe
rapped
rappee
rappel
rappelled
rappelling
rappen
rapper
rapport
rapportage
rapporteur
rapprochement
rapscallion
rapt
raptatorial
raptly
raptness
raptor

WORDS THAT END LIKE RAPPING

camping
clipping
dipping
dripping
dropping
flipping
home shopping
hopping
popping
propping
ripping
shipping
shopping
skipping
slipping
stepping
stopping
stripping
swapping
tipping
topping

Synonyms and antonyms of rapping in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RAPPING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rapping» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of rapping

Translation of «rapping» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RAPPING

Find out the translation of rapping to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rapping from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rapping» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

说唱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rap
570 millions of speakers

English

rapping
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रैपिंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

موسيقى الراب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рэп
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rap
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

rapping
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rap
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memetik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rap
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ラッピング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rapping
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rap
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ராப்பிங்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Rapping
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rap
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rap
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rapowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

реп
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rap
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

rapping
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utstötningen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rapping
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rapping

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAPPING»

The term «rapping» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.375 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RAPPING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rapping

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10 QUOTES WITH «RAPPING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rapping.
1
Namie Amuro
I'm not completely at ease at rapping, I can't do it well yet.
2
Sebastian Bach
There is no singing anymore, everything is yelling and shouting and rapping and that is real boring to a guy like me.
3
Beck
There are a lot of people who really abused sampling and gave it a bad name, by just taking people's entire hit songs and rapping over them. It gave publishers license to get a little greedy.
4
Action Bronson
I would say I started rapping because my friends were doin' it.
5
Danny Brown
The most popular rap artists aren't supposed to be rapping about being broke.
6
Young Buck
I started rapping when I was about 12 or 13, just playing around with it.
7
Hannibal Buress
Gibberish rap is - I freestyle all the time, just hangin' out with friends. And sometimes when I'm freestyling, I'll lose my flow, you know, but I'll still wanna - I don't wanna just stop rapping because I lose my flow. So I'll just put in nonsense words till I can bring in regular words again.
8
Coolio
I've been rapping since 1979.
9
Abbie Cornish
I've been rapping since I was 18 years old, with a crew called Blades.
10
Chance The Rapper
My come-out record, '10 Day,' was the thing people were supposed to hear and figure out 'he's good' or 'he's not good.' 'Acid Rap' is the comeback tape, and it asks way bigger and better questions than, 'Is he good at rapping?'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAPPING»

Discover the use of rapping in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rapping and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How to Rap
Exhaustively detailing the many complex aspects of rapping—such as utilizing literary tools and devices to strengthen content, battling, imagery, similes, metaphors, analogies, slang, performing both live and in the studio, word play, ...
Paul Edwards, 2009
2
John Cena: Rapping Wrestler with Attitude
"Describes the life of John Cena, both in and out of the ring"--Provided by publisher.
Amie Jane Leavitt, 2012
3
Law and Justice as Seen on TV
The book weaves together the various strands—media history and analysis, legal history and policy, and the national turn to the political right in the last decades—which gave birth to this trend and has kept it thriving and growing, by ...
Elayne Rapping, 2003
4
Three rapping rats: making music with traditional stories
The 12 traditional tales, retold with Kaye Umansky's characteristic wit, each contain a song. Everyone will know the familiar melody, and the specially rewritten words carry the story along in the most natural and interactive way.
Kate Umansky, Kate Buchanan, 2004
5
High Spirits: A Tale of Ghostly Rapping and Romance
In mid-nineteenth century America, spirits knock and tables tip for Maggie and Kate Fox, two teenage sisters who convince people they can talk to the dead with their mysterious rapping noises.
Dianne K. Salerni, 2007
6
This is Pop: In Search of the Elusive at Experience Music ...
chapter 1 6 Rapping about Rapping: The Rise and Fall of a Hip-Hop Tradition KELEFA SANNEH This story starts in a pool hall on West Twenty-first Street, sometime around two in the morning. I was interviewing a rapper named Beanie  ...
Eric Weisbard, 2004
7
Electrostatic Precipitation: 11th International Conference ...
and low voltage related mode power-off rapping. After K type controller receives the signal, firstly, it will save the current operation parameter, and then it will automatically adjust its power output according to its own set power-off rapping ...
Keping Yan, 2010
8
Air Pollution Control Technology Handbook
24.2.4.2 Rapping Re-Entrainment Another non-ideal effect in a dry ESP is rapping re-entrainment. The dust layer of collected particles on the collection plates is knocked loose periodically by "rapping" or knocking the plates, often with a trip ...
Karl B. Schnelle, Jr., Charles A. Brown, 2001
9
Media-tions: Forays Into the Culture and Gender Wars
Elayne Rapping Feminist media critic Elayne Rapping takes such varied pop culture artifacts as soap operas, Madonna, and Amy Fisher to uncover a new paradigm of feminism's interface with the media.
Elayne Rapping, 1994
10
Electrical Operation of Electrostatic Precipitators
In the case of a dry precipitator, the usual method of collector deposit removal is by means of some form of mechanical impact rapping; however, the very act of rapping can result not only in the risk of particle re-entrainment, but, as the dust is  ...
Ken Parker, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAPPING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rapping is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Look Out Pelley, Muir And Holt. Rapping Reporters Could Give You …
Zoe Kabuye has both of you beat. She's only 14 and she's a star of the Ugandan news scene, where she doesn't just report current events – she raps about them ... «NPR, Jul 15»
2
Obama: 'My rapping skills are terrible'
“My rapping skills are terrible,” he said at the East Room event. “That's one thing I can't do, is rap. I like rap, but I cannot rap.” “But have enough of a rap that I got ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
3
Radcliffe Raps To Eminem's Real Slim Shady
The star gives another demonstration of his rapping skills in a performance with ... Daniel Radcliffe and his girlfriend have been filmed showing off their rapping ... «Sky News, Jul 15»
4
Alex Trebek Rapping the Fresh Prince Theme Is Really, Really Creepy
Every once in awhile, Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek does something, erm, interesting. Take this brief segment from Monday's episode, in which Trebek “raps” a ... «Mediaite, Jun 15»
5
Rob Gronkowski's freestyle rapping gets him booted off stage at bar
This time Gronk is in Savannah, Georgia and he's freestyle rapping while wearing a ... (there are lots of them), donned a guitar and started freestyle rapping. «CBSSports.com, Jun 15»
6
'Wedding Singer's' rapping granny, Ellen Albertini Dow, dead at 101
'Wedding Singer's' rapping granny, Ellen Albertini Dow, dead at 101. By Michael Pearson, CNN. Updated 6:30 PM ET, Tue May 5, 2015. <a href=" ... «CNN, May 15»
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Ellen Albertini Dow, Best Known as Rapping Granny in 'Wedding …
Ellen Albertini Dow.was probably best known as the rapping granny from ... the movie's version of the hip-hop classic “Rapper's Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang. «KTLA, May 15»
8
Watch Mark Ronson Guilt James Corden Into Rapping 'Late Late …
"Try the Kylie Jenner challenge; your lips will start to grow," he raps. "I did Bruce's version, now I'm singing soprano!" Then Corden drops the bad rapper act and ... «RollingStone.com, Apr 15»
9
Video of Iggy Azalea rapping leaves fans guessing
Come again, Iggy? Azalea's recent performance was anything but fancy when no one could make out what the hell she was saying. The 24-year-old rapper ... «New York Daily News, Mar 15»
10
Brian Williams Raps 'What's My Name?' On 'Tonight Show' – Watch
Brian Williams is rapping again! Well, kinda. In this incredible 'Tonight Show' video, the 'NBC Nightly News' Anchor takes on one of Snoop Dogg's biggest hits. «Hollywood Life, Feb 15»

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