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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a type of rhythmic talking, often with accompanying rhythm instruments; same as 7th
rap , n..
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- noun A form of
popular music emphasizing spoken rhymes over heavily rhythmic backing tracks.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
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