verb
rap
To talk casually or frankly.
We rap about our day while we wash the dishes.
Etymology
Rap acquired a slang sense of talking or conversing, especially frankly. Its precise development from the striking word is uncertain, so the conversation sense should not be given an invented literal origin.
More examples
- She raps with her neighbors on the front steps.
- We rapped for an hour about what was bothering him.
- We're rapping about our families over coffee.
Forms
rap · raps · rapped · rapping