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Noun rap has 6 senses
blame, rap - a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap"--1 is a kind of reproach
 
rap, strike, tap - a gentle blow--2 is a kind of bump, blow
 
pat, rap, tap - the sound made by a gentle blow--3 is a kind of sound
 --3 has particulars: pitter-patter
 
rap - voluble conversation--4 is a kind of conversation
 
rap, rap music, hip-hop - 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--5 is a kind of popular music, popular music genre; black music, African-American music
 
knock, belt, rap, whack, whang - the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"--6 is a kind of blow
 
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