noun

1. A sharp blow with something hard.

   “The teacher gave the wayward pupil a rap across the knuckles with her ruler.”

2. Blame for something.

   “You can't act irresponsibly and then expect me to take the rap.”

3. A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.

Synonyms: fall

verb

1. To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.

2. To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.

3. To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.

Synonyms: knock, noogie

noun

1. A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

noun

1. Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.

2. A whit; a jot.

   “I don't care a rap.”

verb

1. To seize and carry off.

2. To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture.