Dictionary

rapper en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹæpɚ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English rap Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English rapper From rap + -er.

Meanings

1. One who, or that which, raps or knocks. ▸ The knocker of a door.
2. (historical) One who, or that which, raps or knocks. ▸ A swinging knocker for making signals at the mouth of a shaft.
3. One who, or that which, raps or knocks. ▸ A spiritualistic medium who claims to receive communications from spirits in the form of knocking sounds.
4. A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music.
   • On Tuesday, Ghostwriter returned with a new track, titled “Whiplash,” this time using A.I. vocal filters to sound like the rappers Travis Scott and 21 Savage and deliver a message to the industry: “Me and Writer raise a toast,” the A.I. version of 21 Savage raps. “Trying to shadowban my boy/but you can’t kill a ghost.” 2023 September 5, Joe Coscarelli, “Ghostwriter Returns With an A.I. Travis Scott Song, and Industry Allies”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2023:
   • He rose from the ghetto to become a successful rapper.
5. (Scotland, obsolete) A sword.
6. A flexible strip of metal, 45-60cm long, with handles at each end, used for Northumbrian rapper sword dancing.
7. 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.
8. (colloquial, dated) A bold lie; a whopper.
9. (colloquial, dated) A loud oath.

Forms

Deriveds

backpack rapper · battle rapper · raptivist · crapper · backarapper · rapper sword · back-rapper

Translations (36)

es rapera (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · sco rapper (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · tr rapçi (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · ca raper (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · nl rapper (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · hy ռեպեր (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · pl raper (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · es rapero (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · gl rapeiro (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · bg чукало (signal device) · ga ceoltóir rap (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · oc rapaira (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · is rappari (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · ko 래퍼 (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · ca rapera (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · sv rappare (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · de Rapper (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · fi rappari (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · bg ра́пър (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · oc rapaire (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · de Rapperin (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · ja ラッパー (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · af kletsrymer (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · gl rapeira (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · fi räppäri (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · sw repa (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · fr rappeur (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · zza repwan (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · ar رابر (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · el ράπερ (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · id raper (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · mr रॅपर (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · ru рэ́пер (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · ru рэ́ппер (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · fr rappeuse (performer of rap music, or one who raps) · pt rapper (performer of rap music, or one who raps)