punch vs rap

punch

verb
  • To strike with one's fist. 

  • To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something. 

  • To thrust against; to poke. 

  • To enter (information) on a device or system. 

  • To herd. 

  • To mark a ticket. 

  • To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc) 

  • To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means. 

  • In winemaking, to perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation. 

  • To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force. 

noun
  • A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material. 

  • A hole or opening created with a punch. 

  • Impact. 

  • Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia. 

  • An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly. 

  • A prop, as for the roof of a mine. 

  • Power, strength, energy. 

  • A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface. 

  • A hit or strike with one's fist. 

  • A blow from something other than the fist. 

  • A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic. 

rap

verb
  • To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock. 

  • To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal. 

  • To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music. 

  • To seize and carry off. 

  • To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture. 

  • To talk casually; to engage in conversation. 

  • To utter quickly and sharply. 

noun
  • A whit; a jot. 

  • A positive appraisal; a recommendation. 

  • An appraisal. 

  • Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value. 

  • A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction. 

  • A lea or skein of yarn that forms the standard length taken from the reel, 80 yards of worsted or 120 yards of silk or cotton. 

  • Rap music. 

  • A sharp blow with something hard. 

  • A casual talk. 

  • Blame for something. 

  • A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music. 

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