A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
Any harsh treatment or experience; rough handling.
The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.
A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution
A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.
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 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.
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.