(v. i.) To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door.
(v. t.) To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
(v. t.) To free (a pattern) in a mold by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
(n.) A quick, smart blow; a knock.
(v.) To snatch away; to seize and hurry off.
(v.) To hasten.
(v.) To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or rapture; as, rapt into admiration.
(v.) To exchange; to truck.
(n.) A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
Example Sentences:
(1) The figures, published in the company’s annual report , triggered immediate anger from fuel poverty campaigners who noted that energy suppliers had just been rapped over the knuckles by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for overcharging .
(2) Anxiety, depression, and somatization were greater in RAP mothers than well mothers.
(3) Now she also dabbles in playwriting and rap, and is in the band Sound of Rum .
(4) Renal autoregulation during decreases in renal arterial pressure (RAP) was examined in animals pretreated with a competitive antagonist of angiotensin ii, [1-sarcosine, 8-glycine] angiotensin II, or one of two chemically dissimilar inhibitors of prostaglandin synthetase, indomethacin and meclofenamate.
(5) To test this hypothesis, children with recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) with no identifiable organic cause were compared to children with an organic diagnosis for their abdominal pain, children with psychiatric disorders, and healthy controls.
(6) The fiery energy she radiated on stage and her motormouth, ragga-influenced raps brought her to the attention of So Solid Crew, who invited her to collaborate.
(7) In dogs with heart failure, PGE2 lowered the MAP and TPR and elevated the CO and SV without an effect on the RAP, PRC, and NE.
(8) Yet, in PX dogs infused simultaneously with amino acids and glucagon, RBF and GFR rose by 22 and 24%, respectively, at baseline RAP.
(9) On board Air Force One on the flight from Washington to New Orleans, Donna Brazile, the Democratic strategist, New Orleans native and former member of the Louisiana Recovery Authority, told reporters that Bush had gotten a bad rap for his handling of the recovery.
(10) His greatest passion on the trek up, apart from finding a 3G signal and playing rap music from a speaker on the back of his pack, was playing Tigers and Goats, a local version of chess, taking on all-comers – climbers, Sherpas, trekkers, random elderly porters passing through the lodges.
(11) The expression of ras p21 (as detected by RAP-5 and Y13-259) was noted in a wide range of cell types and tissues; intense immunostaining was noted in epithelial cells of the gastrointestinal tract, exocrine and endocrine pancreas, renal tubules and transitional urotheliem, as well as in other tissues.
(12) The analysis of the haemodymanic responses and the behaviour of many "contractility indices" of the right ventricle -- after acute intravenous injection of large doses of acetil-digoxin, in twelve patients with CPC caused by COLD with predominant clinical signs of emphysema (group A) or bronchitis (group B) -- showed an alarming, although transient, increase of the average pulmonary pressure (PAP), accompanied by rise of pulmonary arteriolar resistanced (RAP), especially in patients of the first group.
(13) Rap group Migos were stopped from riding their IO Hawks through a shopping centre when they launched their own clothing line, and Khalifa has used a similar device ( the PhunkeeDuck ) while shopping.
(14) Apart from that, nothing much to write home about, except that Whelan was lucky to escape a booking when he trod on Olivier Giroud's ankle and Erik Pieters possibly took the rap a few minutes later, picking up a caution for a less obvious foul on the same player.
(15) He rapped – he was introducing Dr Carson to his lyrics and what he raps about.” He quickly added that “it was clean rap; his lyrics were all clean.” The conversation was some time ago, Williams said, while Carson was still at Johns Hopkins.
(16) At rest, pulmonary artery (PAP), pulmonary wedge (PWP), and right atrial pressures (RAP) were reduced by 42%, 55% and 77%, respectively, after the first dose and by 26%, 32% and 45%, respectively, after the chronic (three weeks) treatment with BN.
(17) Reduction of RAP to 100 mmHg during CEI infusion caused SNGFR to decrease below control values in both OC and IC nephrons, and the autoregulation as found in control rats was impaired.
(18) Therefore, FK-506 interferes with an early event of T-cell activation that leads to apoptosis whereas RAP does not.
(19) In contrast, RAP did not modify the inhibitory effect of CsA on A23187-induced histamine release.
(20) Pitch A mix of hard-edged content – rap freestyles delivered straight to camera by attitude-heavy grime artists – and glitzier material: red-carpet reporting from movie premieres, backstage interviews with popstars and high-profile music videos.
Vap
Definition:
(n.) That which is vapid, insipid, or lifeless; especially, the lifeless part of liquor or wine.
Example Sentences:
(1) Under study was the efficacy of heart unloading in different variants of asynchronous peripheral veno-arterial perfusion (VAP).
(2) At pH 5.5 and 5.0, the Vap of the mutant strains was higher than the Vap of the parent strain, whereas at pH 4.5 no significant differences were observed between the Vap of the 3 strains.
(3) The objective of this work was to compare the sensitivity of non-invasive tests used for the diagnosis of variant angina pectoris (VAP).
(4) Elevating pHi at constant Pco2 (and consequently [HCO3]i) by the addition of apical NH4 (20 mM) produced an immediate depolarization of Vap.
(5) Visual analogue pain scores (VAPS), sedation rating scores (SRS), blood samples for the determination of fentanyl concentration, blood pressure, pulse and respiratory rate were determined hourly for 48 h from the time of TTS system application.
(6) Jugular vein Vascular-Access-Ports (VAP) were implanted in four animals.
(7) The VAPS was most efficient in predicting physical activities, thermal discriminability related best to pain relief, and pain report criterion to social and hobby activities as well as drug intake.
(8) Mean onset of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) due to H influenzae was 10.8 days after intubation.
(9) Twenty-nine consecutive extensive-stage SCLC patients received 6 weeks of cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and lomustine (CMC) induction therapy, followed by 6 weeks of vincristine, doxorubicin, and procarbazine (VAP).
(10) In most cases, acetazolamide on the basal side hyperpolarized both Vap and Vba to almost equal degrees and hardly changed the TEP.
(11) The most economical products for use were Del-Tox, Lintox-D, and Ra-Vap.
(12) We conclude that VAP is an effective, well tolerated chemotherapy combination in patients with advanced breast cancer which deserves further clinical trials.
(13) A tenfold higher throughput was achieved using the VaP-220.
(14) The subjects included 31 patients with anteroseptal infarction (ANT), 23 with inferior or inferoposterior infarction (INF + POS), 27 with effort angina pectoris (EAP) and 15 with vasospastic angina pectoris (VAP).
(15) Among all 29 patients, there were six CRs (21%) and no 2-year survivors, compared with a CR rate of 36% and 10% 2-year survivors in 78 extensive-stage patients previously treated with CMC plus VAP without LICMRX.
(16) This modified VAP has been used for 6 mo and in 25 dogs to date without any failure to determine arterial blood pressure and cardiac output.
(17) VAP-1 helps to elucidate the complex heterotypic cell interactions that direct tissue-selective lymphocyte migration in man.
(18) The voltage dependence of the transporter was assessed by altering Vap with transepithelial current and then measuring the DIDS-induced change in Vap.
(19) Blood opioid concentration, visual analogue pain scores (VAPS) and end-tidal percent carbon dioxide were measured before and after both an intravenous and oral dose of either methadone or morphine.
(20) Finally, less than 10 Hz can only give values for VSL and, perhaps, VAP.