Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that raps or strikes, especially a door knocker.
- n. Music One who performs rap.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who raps or knocks; specifically, a spirit-rapper.
- n. The knocker of a door.
- n. In coal-mining, a lever with a hammer attached at one end, placed at the mouth of a shaft or incline for giving signals to the banksman, by rapping on an iron plate.
- n. An extravagant oath or lie; a “whopper.” See to rap out , under rap, transitive verb
Wiktionary
- n. One who, or that which, raps or knocks; specifically, the knocker of a door.
- n. A performer of rap music
- n. A forcible oath or lie.
- n. obsolete: Scottish English word for "sword."
- n. A flexible strip of metal, 45-60cm long, with handles at each end, used for Northumbrian rapper sword dancing.
- n. A mechanical, or later electric, signalling device formerly used in the mines of north-eastern England to signal to the engineman that the cages carrying men or coals up and down the shaft were ready to be raised or lowered.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who, or that which, raps or knocks; specifically, the knocker of a door.
- n. Slang A forcible oath or lie.
- n. A musician specializing in rap music.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door
- n. someone who performs rap music
Etymologies
- to rap + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Whether I'm a rapper, trapper, slapper, whatever, I'm still gonna do what I do, but, I don't know, something about the term rapper ….”
“As a Mexican-American emcee ladies and gentleman, I transcend far beyond the title rapper this has to be one of the most offesive comments I’ve ever read.”
“As long as the average rapper is coming out of communities where those kinds of problems are commonplace, it's just a natural sort of thing," he says.”
The Washington Post: Rappers like T.I. and Lil Wayne can't go to jail without missing a beat
“She even confirms her interest in rapper Flo Rida.”
The Huffington Post: Brandy Reveals Why She Hasn't Had Sex In Years
“And with Lil Wayne, it's not just an act: The rapper is currently serving a one-year term on Rikers Island after being caught in New York with drugs and guns stashed in his Louis Vuitton overnighter.”
“They ended up finding out they had more in common than anyone would have expected between a 40-year-old rapper from the Brooklyn projects and the 80-year-old sage of compounded returns.”
Forbes: Jay-Z, Buffett And Forbes On Success And Giving Back
“Maggot is a 6ft 5in rapper with Newport's Goldie Lookin Chain, an eight-strong hip-hop combo with a discography that features Your Mother's Got a Penis, and Your Missus is a Nutter, and whose other members include Mike Balls, Mystikal, 2Hats and Eggsy.”
The Guardian: Meet Celtic Manor's Sir Terry Matthews ... and a man called Maggot
“If the rapper is married to one of the biggest R&B acts at the time while cheating on her with maybe the greatest female rapper to ever live they are.”
“Of course the black rapper is going to support Obama and take the opportunity to share that opinion in the media.”
“Much to my friends annoyance, I call the rapper "Fifty Cents", and tweets twits, so I get it.”
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Coal Mining Terms
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