rapper

See also: Rapper

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

rap + -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹæpɚ/
    • (file)
  • Homophone: wrapper
  • Rhymes: -æpə(ɹ)

Noun

rapper (plural rappers)

  1. One who, or that which, raps or knocks.
    1. The knocker of a door.
    2. (historical, mining) A swinging knocker for making signals at the mouth of a shaft.
    3. A spiritualistic medium who claims to receive communications from spirits in the form of knocking sounds.
  2. (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.
  3. (obsolete, Scotland) A sword.
  4. A flexible strip of metal, 45-60cm long, with handles at each end, used for Northumbrian rapper sword dancing.
  5. 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.
  6. (colloquial, dated) A bold lie; a whopper.
  7. (colloquial, dated) A loud oath.

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Danish

Noun

rapper c (singular definite rapperen, plural indefinite rappere)

  1. rapper (practitioner of rap music)
Declension

Verb

rapper

  1. present of rappe

Verb

rapper

  1. present of rappe

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑpər/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: rap‧per
  • Rhymes: -ɑpər

Adjective

rapper

  1. comparative degree of rap

Etymology 2

From English rapper. By surface analysis, rappen + -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛpər/ or as in English
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: rap‧per

Noun

rapper m (plural rappers, diminutive rappertje n)

  1. rapper (performer of rap music)

French

Etymology 1

From English rap + -er.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.pe/
  • (file)

Verb

rapper

  1. (music) to speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English rapper.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.pœʁ/

Noun

rapper m (plural rappers)

  1. (music) rapper

Portuguese

Noun

rapper m or f by sense (plural rappers)

  1. rapper (hip hop performer)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English rapper.

Noun

rapper m (plural rapperi)

  1. rapper

Declension

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