rap / rap sheet

Dave Wilton, Thursday, March 01, 2007

The sense of rap meaning a blow or strike is probably echoic in origin and dates to the 14th century. From the poem Alisaunder of Macedoine, written sometime between 1340-70:

To riden into the route rappes to deale.
(To ride into the crowd, raps to deal.)

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