rapcore

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noun

A genre of metal music, incorporating loud guitar riffs mixed with rapping, loud almost-screaming singing and rapid drumming.

OriginEnglish hardcorebf. ← Middle English core ← Old English heard →
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Meanings

nounrapcore (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA genre of metal music, incorporating loud guitar riffs mixed with rapping, loud almost-screaming singing and rapid drumming.

Origin

  1. Englishrap
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kret-der.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*harduz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*hard(ī)
  5. Old Englishheard
  6. Middle Englishhard
  7. Englishhard
  8. Middle Englishcore
  9. Englishcore
  10. Englishhardcorebf.
  11. Englishrapcore

From rap + -core.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

rapcore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rapcore

MLA

“rapcore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rapcore. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rapcore,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rapcore.

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