rapper
See also: Rapper
English
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editNoun
editrapper (plural rappers)
- One who, or that which, raps or knocks.
- The knocker of a door.
- (historical, mining) A swinging knocker for making signals at the mouth of a shaft.
- A spiritualistic medium who claims to receive communications from spirits in the form of knocking sounds.
- (music) A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music.
- He rose from the ghetto to become a successful rapper.
- (obsolete, Scotland) A sword.
- A flexible strip of metal, 45-60cm long, with handles at each end, used for Northumbrian rapper sword dancing.
- A mechanical, or later electric, signalling device formerly used in the mines of north-eastern England to signal to the engineman that the cages carrying men or coals up and down the shaft were ready to be raised or lowered.
- (colloquial, dated) A bold lie; a whopper.
- (colloquial, dated) A loud oath.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editone who knocks
performer of rap music, or one who raps
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lie
sword
fake sword
Anagrams
editDanish
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editrapper c (singular definite rapperen, plural indefinite rappere)
- rapper (practitioner of rap music)
Declension
editDeclension of rapper
Verb
editrapper
Etymology 2
editVerb
editrapper
Dutch
editEtymology 1
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editAdjective
editrapper
Etymology 2
editFrom English rapper. By surface analysis, rappen + -er.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrapper m (plural rappers, diminutive rappertje n)
- rapper (performer of rap music)
French
editEtymology 1
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editrapper
Etymology 2
editAlternative forms
edit- rappeur (more common)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrapper m (plural rappers)
Portuguese
editNoun
editrapper m or f by sense (plural rappers)
- rapper (hip-hop performer)
Romanian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English rapper.
Noun
editrapper m (plural rapperi)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | rapper | rapperul | rapperi | rapperii | |
genitive-dative | rapper | rapperului | rapperi | rapperilor | |
vocative | rapperule | rapperilor |
Spanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English rapper.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrapper m or f by sense (plural rappers)
- rapper (hip-hop performer)
Usage notes
editAccording to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
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