rapping

American  

[rap-ing] / ˈræp ɪŋ /

noun

• rappings
  plural

1. the act or sound of a person or thing that raps.

2. communication by the sound of taps or knocks, as between medium and spirit during a séance.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• rappings
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of rapping

1350–1400; Middle English. See rap ¹, -ing ¹

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Example Sentences

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rapping rappings

Newer listeners to Wolf’s alt-rock sound might be surprised to hear that in these early years, Wolf was singing, and occasionally rapping, over Billie Eilish-era bedroom pop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

But we weren’t thinking about making hip-hop beats and rapping 30 years later.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Drug testing officials, rapping on the hotel doors of Pogacar and rival Jonas Vingegaard, in the middle of the night, deep REM time, reportedly with permission from a French judge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Ellis started his career at the age of seven, rapping and making his own music on an Atari computer system.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026

Emotionally, Horace wanted to believe, but he knew he had no real evidence that spirits made the rapping sounds.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Its experimentalist score by Iannis Xenakis, full of echoing rappings, tappings and pluckings, inspired Balanchine to equally experimental lengths.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

In Lily Dale, centre for spiritualists, he spent the most fantastic day in his life going to seances, listening to spirit rappings, interviewing mediums.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many of them have persecuted clergymen, as in the case of Methodism's founder, John Wesley, who was an interested observer of knockings, rappings and agitated warming pans at Epworth Rectory in 1716-17.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the early morning hours, the rappings simply stopped.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

It was a history of the spirit rappings complete with illustrations of the Hydesville house, Maggie Fox, Kate Fox, Elisha Kane, and a séance in progress.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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