3 definitions
for rap music
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Rap \Rap\, n.
1. conversation; also, rapping.
[PJC]
2. (ca. 1985) a type of rhythmic talking, often with
accompanying rhythm instruments; rap music.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
rap music \rap` mu"sic\ (r[a^]p` m[=u]"z[i^]k), n. (ca. 1985)
a type of rhythmic talking, often with accompanying rhythm
instruments; same as 7th rap, n..
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
rap music
n : genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in
which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical
accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged [syn: rap,
hip-hop]