| noun | a reproach for some lapse or misdeed “he took the blame for it” |
| noun | a gentle blow |
| noun | the sound made by a gentle blow |
| noun | voluble conversation |
| noun | 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 |
| noun | the act of hitting vigorously “he gave the table a whack” |
| verb | strike sharply “rap him on the knuckles” |
| verb | make light, repeated taps on a surface “he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently” |
| verb | perform rap music |
| verb | talk volubly |
| blameworthy | adjective | deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious |
| blame | verb | harass with constant criticism |
| rap | verb | make light, repeated taps on a surface |
| strike | verb | deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon |
| tap | verb | make light, repeated taps on a surface |
| pat | verb | hit lightly |
| knock | verb | deliver a sharp blow or push : |
| whack | verb | hit hard |
| whang | verb | beat with force |
| rap | noun | the act of hitting vigorously |
| tap | noun | a gentle blow |
| tapping | noun | the sound of light blow or knock |
| knock | noun | the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing) |