Rapped
[ræpt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Rap
(imp. & p. p.) of Rap
(-) imp. & p. p. of Rap, to strike.
(-) imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away.
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Examples
- There was no answer, and Mrs. Mingott rapped impatiently with her stick on the shiny floor. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I held up my precious book before him; I rapped the open page impressively with my forefinger. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I sat up in bed and rapped my knuckles against the rail to make certain that I was truly awake. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The leader rapped upon it with the hilt of his sword--three quick, sharp blows, a pause, then three more, another pause, and then two. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- First I taught them that they could not unseat me, and even rapped them sharply between the ears to impress upon them my authority and mastery. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Stumbling against a door on the landing, he rapped at it with his knuckles. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Before he had quite undressed, Mrs. Abel rapped at the door; he opened it an inch, so that he could hear her speak low. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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