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Rapper

//ˈɹæpɚ// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which, raps or knocks.; The knocker of a door.
  2. 2
    a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door wordnet
  3. 3
    One who, or that which, raps or knocks.; A swinging knocker for making signals at the mouth of a shaft. historical
  4. 4
    someone who performs rap music wordnet
  5. 5
    One who, or that which, raps or knocks.; A spiritualistic medium who claims to receive communications from spirits in the form of knocking sounds.
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  1. 6
    A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music.

    "He rose from the ghetto to become a successful rapper."

  2. 7
    A sword. Scotland, obsolete
  3. 8
    A flexible strip of metal, 45-60cm long, with handles at each end, used for Northumbrian rapper sword dancing.
  4. 9
    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.
  5. 10
    A bold lie; a whopper. colloquial, dated
  6. 11
    A loud oath. colloquial, dated

Etymology

From rap + -er.

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