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wraps

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noun

  • A sharp blow with something hard.

    "The teacher gave the wayward pupil a rap across the knuckles with her ruler."

  • Blame for something.

    "You can't act irresponsibly and then expect me to take the rap."

  • A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.
  • A casual talk.
  • Rap music.
  • A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
  • An appraisal.

    "a good/great/bad rap"

  • A positive appraisal; a recommendation.

    "He gave the novel quite a rap."

Synonyms:fall

noun

  • A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

noun

  • 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 whit; a jot.

    "I don't care a rap."

verb

  • To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
  • To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.

    "A snake wraps itself around its prey."

  • To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
  • (video production) To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.
  • (lines, words, text, etc.) To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line

    "I wrapped the text so that I wouldn't need to scroll to the right to read it."

  • To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
  • To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.

    "The row counter wraps back to zero when no more rows can be inserted."

Synonyms:enfoldlap

noun

  • A garment that one wraps around the body to keep oneself warm.
  • A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
  • (entertainment) The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
  • A wraparound mortgage.

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