The Clue
What some hoods beat (3 letter answer)
The Answer
RAP
Tags
Notes
The answer RAP is seen frequently, appearing about once every 60 puzzles.
Related Clues
Beat the ___
Blame
Bum ___
Chin
Gangsta ___
Knap
Knock
___ session
Emulate Hammer
Grammy category
Hit, as the knuckles
Item on a sheet
Kind of session
Least bit
Ludacris's music
Punishment on the knuckles
Séance sound
Shoot the breeze
Sound at the door
Spirit sound
Spook signal
Talk to a beat
50 Cent piece
Chat, mod style
Emulate the Beastie Boys
Emulate Sister Souljah
Genre that includes freestyling
Hip-hop music
The least bit, informally
Modern music form
Popular music category
Rhythmic rhyming patter
Vanilla ice specialty
Genre for Coolio or Chuck D
Genre of N.W.A. and Run-D.M.C.
It may be beaten
It may be bum
A lot of popular music nowadays
Word before sheet or music
Perform like Salt-N-Pepa
You might end up with a bum one
Definition
RAP as a noun:
1. (blame, rap) = a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap"
2. (rap, strike, tap) = a gentle blow
3. (pat, rap, tap) = the sound made by a gentle blow
4. voluble conversation
5. (rap, rap music, hip-hop) = genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
6. (knock, belt, rap, whack, whang) = the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"
RAP as a verb:
1. (rap, knap) = strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles"
2. (tap, rap, knock, pink) = make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
3. perform rap music
4. talk volubly