raps

1. A sharp blow with something hard.

   The teacher gave the wayward pupil a rap across the knuckles with her ruler.

2. Blame for something.

   You can't act irresponsibly and then expect me to take the rap.

3. A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.
4. A casual talk.
5. Rap music.
6. A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
7. An appraisal.

   a good/great/bad rap

8. A positive appraisal; a recommendation.

   He gave the novel quite a rap.

1. To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
2. To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
3. To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
4. To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.

   He rapped a song to his girlfriend.

5. To talk casually; to engage in conversation.

noun

A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

1. 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.
2. A whit; a jot.

   I don't care a rap.

1. To seize and carry off.
2. To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture.