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Meaning of Rapper | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɹæpɚ

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, raps or knocks.
  2. The knocker of a door.
  3. A swinging knocker for making signals at the mouth of a shaft.
    historical
  4. A spiritualistic medium who claims to receive communications from spirits in the form of knocking sounds.
  5. A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music.
  6. A sword.
    Scotland, obsolete
  7. A flexible strip of metal, 45-60cm long, with handles at each end, used for Northumbrian rapper sword dancing.
  8. 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.
  9. A bold lie; a whopper.
    colloquial, dated
  10. A loud oath.
    colloquial, dated

Equivalents

Afrikaans kletsrymer
العربية رابر مغني الراب
Bosanski repa
Deutsch Rapper Rapperin
Ελληνικά ράπερ
Español rapera rapero
Suomi rappari
Français rapper rappeur rappeuse
Galego rapeira rapeiro
Hrvatski repa
Italiano rapper
日本語 ラッパー
한국어 래퍼
Kurdî raper
Nederlands rapper
Polski raper
Português rapper
Русский рэпер рэ́ппер
Српски repa
Svenska rapartist rappare
Kiswahili repa
Türkçe meyhaneci rapçi

Examples

“He rose from the ghetto to become a successful rapper.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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