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nɒk nɑk nɒk nɑk pæt stɹaɪk wæk the act of hitting vigorously he gave the table a whack talk volubly strike sharply rap him on the knuckles perform rap music make light, repeated taps on a surface he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently a reproach for some lapse or misdeed he took the blame for it it was a bum rap genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged voluble conversation the sound made by a gentle blow a gentle blow