Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
noungenre 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
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans rap, kletsrym
- rapmusic form
- kletsrymmusic form
Arabic مُوسِيقَى اَلرَّاب, اَلرَّاب
- مُوسِيقَى اَلرَّاب (mūsīqā r-rāb)music form
- اَلرَّاب (ar-rāb)music form
Bulgarian рап
- рап (rap)music form
Chinese Mandarin 饒舌 /饶舌, 說唱 /说唱
- 饒舌 /饶舌 (ráoshé)music form
- 說唱 /说唱 (shuōchàng)music form
Dutch rap
- rapmusic form
Esperanto repo, repmuziko
- repomusic form
- repmuzikomusic form
Finnish rap-musiikki, räppi
- rap-musiikkimusic form
- räppimusic form
French rap
- rapmusic form
German Rap
- Rapmusic form
Greek ραπ
- ραπ (rap)music form
Hawaiian mele pāleoleo
- mele pāleoleomusic form
Hindi रैप
- रैप (raip)music form
Icelandic rapp, rapptónlist
- rappmusic form
- rapptónlistmusic form
Irish ceol rap, rapcheol
- ceol rapmusic form
- rapcheolmusic form
Japanese ラップ
- ラップ (rappu)music form
Korean 랩
- 랩 (raep)music form
Latin mūsica malleāta, mūsica pulsāta
- mūsica malleātamusic form
- mūsica pulsātamusic form
Māori puoro rapi, puoro pātōtō
- puoro rapimusic form
- puoro pātōtōmusic form
Polish rap
- rapmusic form
Portuguese rap, hip hop
- rapmusic form
- hip hopmusic form
Russian рэп
- рэп (rɛp)music form
Spanish rap
- rapmusic form
Swahili rap
- rapmusic form
Turkish rap, rep
- rapmusic form
- repmusic form
- meyhanemusic form
Cite this entry
APA
rap music. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rap%20music
MLA
“rap music.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rap%20music. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rap music,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rap%20music.
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