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rap full

American  

adjective

  1. (of a sail or sails) filled with wind; clean full.


adverb

  1. with all sails full of wind.

Etymology

Origin of rap full

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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He once worked at a renovation company but ditched it to pursue rap full time.

From Seattle Times

Although he certainly hasn’t forgotten fans who prefer their rap full of bravado, here the Atlanta rapper is introspective.

From Washington Post

He eventually quit school to promote rap full time.

From Time Magazine Archive

The creek was high, a muddy torrent, and he set the water gate of his intake so that the ditch should run rap full, but no spill, and thus cause washouts along its banks.

From Project Gutenberg

We paddled gently ahead, leaving to those on board the task of picking us up; and very neatly and smartly was it done too, the barque keeping a rap full, and tearing through the water like a racer, until exactly the right moment, when she flew up head to wind, shooting into the wind’s eye in magnificent style, ranging up alongside us in the boat and picking us up while still in stays, then paying off again on the other tack almost before the tackles were hooked on.

From Project Gutenberg