Rap

Rap

Rap or RAP may refer to:
*Rapping, genre of poetry and music in which rhyming lyrics are chanted, with or without musical accompaniment
*Hip hop music, also known as rap music
*A sharp blow with something hard, e.g. "a rap across the knuckles"
*The blame for something, e.g. "He turned the catering food over to his mates and I got the rap for it."

As initials

* the IATA airport code for Rapid City Regional Airport
* Rassemblement pour l'alternative progressiste, a Québecois political party
* Retirement annuity plan, a type of pension plan in the UK
* Rule against perpetuities, a legal doctrine from the common law of real property
* Remote Administration Protocol, a simple administration protocol on top of the Server Message Block protocol
* Eclipse Foundation's Rich AJAX Platform, a software platform for developing Rich Internet Applications
* Regimental Aid Post
* Rocket Assisted Projectile
* Route Access Protocol, a general protocol for distributing routing information at all levels of the Internet


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  • Rap — Rap …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • RAP —  Pour le projet de logiciel libre, voir Rich AJAX Platform. Rap Origines stylistiques Blues …   Wikipédia en Français

  • rap —    Rap music began as an integral part of New York’s burgeoning hip hop culture in the mid 1970s. From the beginning, its sound was quite unique, with the music being created collage style by DJs combining elements from pre existing records,… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

  • Rap — [ræp] ist ein Sprechgesang und Teil der Kultur des Hip Hop. To rap (deutsch: ‚klopfen‘ bzw. ‚pochen‘) deutet die Art der Musik und des Sprechgesangs an. Heute hat sich der Rap teilweise von seinen Wurzeln gelöst und wird auch in anderen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Rap — Orígenes musicales Griot (África), Dancehall jamaicano(Ragga), Funk, Jazz, Reggae, rapsodas. Orígenes culturales Finales de los 60/principios de los 70; South Bronx …   Wikipedia Español

  • rap — [ rap ] n. m. • 1983; mot angl., de to rap « donner des coups secs » ♦ Anglic. Style de musique disco dont les paroles, hachées, sont récitées sur un fond musical très rythmé. ⇒aussi 2. break, smurf. « Le rap, c était loin d être mon truc, mais j …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • rap — rap1 [rap] vt. rapped, rapping [ME rappen, prob. of echoic orig.] 1. to strike quickly and sharply; tap ☆ 2. Slang to criticize sharply vi. 1. to knock quickly and sharply ☆ 2. to perform rap or a rap ☆ …   English World dictionary

  • rap — ► VERB (rapped, rapping) 1) strike (a hard surface) with a series of rapid audible blows. 2) strike sharply. 3) informal rebuke or criticize sharply. 4) (usu. rap out) say something sharply or suddenly. 5) perform rap music …   English terms dictionary

  • Rap — Rap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rapped} (r[a^]pt), usually written {Rapt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rapping}.] [OE. rapen; akin to LG. & D. rapen to snatch, G. raffen, Sw. rappa; cf. Dan. rappe sig to make haste, and Icel. hrapa to fall, to rush, hurry. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • RAP.RU — Страна Россия Зона вещания …   Википедия

  • Rap — Rap, n. [Perhaps contr. fr. raparee.] A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a half penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value. [1913 Webster] Many counterfeits passed about… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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