(n): a mild rebuke or criticism
(n): a gentle blow
(n): an impact (as from a collision)
(n): the sound made by a gentle blow
(n): the sudden occurrence of an audible event
(n): voluble conversation
(n): the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
(n): 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
(n): any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
(n): music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses
(n): the act of hitting vigorously
(n): a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
(v): strike sharply
(v): deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
(v): make light, repeated taps on a surface
(v): make a certain noise or sound
(v): perform rap music
(v): give a performance (of something)
(v): talk volubly
(v): exchange thoughts; talk with
"How many times did Jimi try it on with friends and find he had nothing but fans? How many times did he start to rap charming with his bush-baby eyes and his ready smile and that fast sharp patter only to find no comeback but fawning? How often did the rapping change to panhandling and then to sneering because his friends were nothing but an audience and they didn't know the difference between the panhandling and the straight rap? How often did the caress and the compliment change to insult and assault? His foxy ladies turned to slags and pigs in a second."
- 'Hey, Jimi, Where You Gonna Run To Now?', Germaine Greer in Oz, 1970.
Par in reverse.