rapper
pronunciation
How to pronounce rapper in British English:
UK [ˈræpə(r)]
How to pronounce rapper in American English:
US [ˈræpər]
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- Noun:
- someone who performs rap music
- a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door
Word Origin
- rapper (n.)
- agent noun meaning "one who raps" in any sense (see rap (v.)). Before the hip-hpo performance sense emerged c. 1979, it could mean "door-knocker" (1630s), "spirit-rapper" (1755), "professional perjurer" (1840), prison slang for "prosecutor" (1904), "itinerant antiques buyer," with a tinge of shadiness (1914). Rapster is from 1772.
Example
- 1. They did it with verbal ingenuity that a rapper would envy .
- 2. The brooklyn rapper 's debut album , broke with expensive taste , finally comes out after some delay .
- 3. The south korean rapper , known as psy , this week topped the pop charts in britain and lay second in america .
- 4. Last year it faced the tricky task of touting an artist , plan b , who had made an abrupt transition from hard-core rapper to besuited soul singer .
- 5. After exiling himself for months following last year 's infamous taylor swift stage bomb , the rapper made some of his first comeback appearances at the headquarters of facebook and twitter in late july .