The difference between Noogie and Rap

When used as nouns, noogie means an act of putting a person in a headlock and rubbing one's knuckles on the other person's head, often a playful gesture of affection when done lightly, whereas rap means a sharp blow with something hard.

When used as verbs, noogie means to perform a noogie on, whereas rap means to strike something sharply with one's knuckles.

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  1. Noogie as a noun (slang):

    An act of putting a person in a headlock and rubbing one's knuckles on the other person's head, often a playful gesture of affection when done lightly.

  1. Noogie as a verb (slang):

    To perform a noogie on.

  1. Rap as a noun (countable):

    A sharp blow with something hard.

    Examples:

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

  2. Rap as a noun (uncountable):

    Blame (for something), whether or not it results in a conviction.

    Examples:

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

  3. Rap as a noun (informal):

    A casual talk

  4. Rap as a noun (music genre, uncountable):

    Rap music.

  5. Rap as a noun:

    A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.

  1. Rap as a verb (intransitive):

    To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.

  2. Rap as a verb (transitive, dated):

    To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.

  3. Rap as a verb (metalworking):

    To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.

  4. Rap as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.

    Examples:

    "He started to rap after listening to the Beastie Boys"

    "He rapped a song to his girlfriend."

  5. Rap as a verb (informal, intransitive):

    To talk casually.

  1. Rap as a noun:

    A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  1. Rap as a noun (historical):

    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.

  2. Rap as a noun:

    A whit; a jot.

    Examples:

    "I don't care a rap."

    "That's not worth a rap."

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