Rhythmically delivering a speech to a beat

verb

1. To strike with a sharp blow
2. To utter suddenly and forcibly
3. To cause to be or come by raps

   "rap the meeting to order"

4. To criticize sharply
5. To strike a quick sharp blow
6. To make a short sharp sound

verb

1. To snatch away or upward
2. Enrapture

verb

1. To talk freely and frankly

   "… at a party rapping with a guy about music you love …"

2. To perform rap music

   "Does it feel strange to rap solo after being part of a big group like Harlem Spartans?"

noun

1. Communication by raps held to be from the spirits of the dead

   "Mr. Buell was quite accustomed to reaching his wife in the "spirit world" and the couple frequently communicated through sessions of "spirit rapping," the vehicle being a table."

noun

1. Spirit rapping

   "The best Sherlock Holmes stories were written before 1916, when Arthur Conan Doyle officially converted to spiritualism and took to table-rapping."