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noun • a reproach for some lapse or misdeed • a gentle blow • the sound made by a gentle blow • voluble conversation • 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 • the act of hitting vigorously verb • strike sharply • make light, repeated taps on a surface • perform rap music • talk volubly | ||||
| 31% | 6 | Lyricist who rhymes to a beat | ||
noun • someone who performs rap music • a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door | ||||
| 27% | 11 | Accenting a weak beat instead of a strong beat | ||
noun • (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') • a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat • music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm | ||||
Rhymes Over A Backing Beat
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Updated: May 5, 2025
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