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Definition of "rapper" []

  • One that raps or strikes, especially a door knocker. (noun)
  • Music One who performs rap. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "rapper" in a sentence
  • "Whether I'm a rapper, trapper, slapper, whatever, I'm still gonna do what I do, but, I don't know, something about the term rapper …."
  • "As a Mexican-American emcee ladies and gentleman, I transcend far beyond the title rapper this has to be one of the most offesive comments I’ve ever read."
  • ""As long as the average rapper is coming out of communities where those kinds of problems are commonplace, it's just a natural sort of thing," he says."